Protect
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- In Cowboy Bebop, Alyssa's boyfriend, Rint, in "Ganymede Elegy" shot and killed a loan shark during a scuffle with the loan shark's muscle to protect Alyssa.
Source: Sympathetic Murderer -
So, on one occasion when there was a scuffle going on he tried to get Sen out of the way by stabbing him with a pencil but accidentally ends up stabbing his inmate Walter instead who was trying to protect Sen in the hope of getting protection from Swordfish.
Source: Crazy Jealous Guy -
Two characters, typically a guy and a girl, end up in a heap on the floor, either the result of a scuffle, one of them pushing the other one down to protect them, or just a chance landing due to one or the both of them becoming temporarily airborne.
Source: Please Get Off Me
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Scuffle and Protect. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/protect/scuffle
Protect & Scuffle. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/protect/scuffle>.
Scuffle or Protect. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/protect/scuffle.
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