Protect
Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Rifles
Both words in one sentence
- Two bank robbers did a job armed to the teeth with modified AKM rifles and full kevlar suits to protect them.
Source: Reliably Unreliable Guns - The only reason it isn't a complete massacre is because those little guys with rifles are just too small for him to actively hunt, and Mothra ends up sacrificing herself to protect the JMSDF Aizu, the last significant Japanese military presence in the city.
Source: Curb Stomp Battle / Film -
Unlike pretty much all other police in the UK, these guys are heavily armed, regular patrol issue including G36 assault rifles, Glock sidearms, tasers, ASP batons, CS spray and 30mm Autocannons.note These are mounted on nuclear material ships that they protect in transit
Source: Useful Notes / British Coppers
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