Ignore
Ignore verb - To fail to give proper attention to.
Protect
Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Also, some of the missions where you have to protect civilians can become this, as the AI has a nasty tendency to completely ignore you and pick on them instead.
Source: Timed Mission -
He was a powerful sorcerer who cast a spell to protect his homeland which made people ignore it as being unimportant.
Source: Comicbook / Fables - What you can't ignore however, is that it evolved its steel shell to protect itself from its long-time rival Heatmor.
Source: Oxymoronic Being
Cite this Source
Protect and Ignore. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ignore/protect
Ignore & Protect. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ignore/protect>.
Protect or Ignore. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ignore/protect.
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