Protect and Retrieve

Protect

Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

Retrieve and protect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Retrieve" instead a verb "Protect".

Retrieve

Retrieve verb - To get again in one's possession.

Protect and retrieve are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Protect" instead a verb "Retrieve".

Common collocations

wife protect wife retrieve wife
body protect body retrieve body
time protect time retrieve time
way protect way retrieve way
Other words: ship, brother, sister.

Both words in one sentence

  • Orcus on His Throne In the Rainbow Magic series, most of the time, Jack Frost is content to dispatch his goblins to retrieve or protect the artifacts.
  • Literature / Rainbow Magic Orcus on His Throne: Most of the time, Jack Frost is content to dispatch his goblins to retrieve or protect the artifacts.
  • Comicbook / Infinity She abandons the fight immediately to retrieve and protect her husbands' glaive (since he can resurrect from it).
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