Guard and Rid

Guard

Guard verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

Rid and guard are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rid" instead a verb "Guard".

Rid

Rid verb - To set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers.

Guard and rid are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Guard" instead a verb "Rid".

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

humanity guard humanity rid humanity
family guard family rid family
area guard area rid area
house guard house rid house
Other words: time, way, earth, world, money, planet, town, city, island.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Nicholas and Alexandra A somewhat nasty guard makes a rather lewd drawing of two of the princesses and shows it to them, then violently stops Alexei from trying to get rid of it.
  • Royals Who Actually Do Something: Even before running away, the Lady got rid of a giant mutant rat in her aunt's cellar, and went with the captain of her father's guard on a patrol mission.
  • In XIII, Felicity Brown gets rid of XIII by ripping the shoulder off her dress and shouting for the guard, covering herself up while claiming he'd tried to rape her.
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