Protect
Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Strip
Strip verb - To remove clothing from.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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She grows up and has to protect the Zambuli lands from an evil prince who wants to strip mine the tribal lands.
Source: Film / Sheena -
The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: In the 1987 Christmas strip, Bo gives one of his trademark circulation-cutting hugs to the entire main cast at once while shouting "Merry Christmas".
Source: Comic Strip / U.S. Acres -
Medium Awareness: In one strip's story about Linus warning everyone not to look directly into an upcoming eclipse, Lucy tells Charlie Brown that she's going to heed her brother's advice and not do so to protect her "beautiful eyes".
Source: Comic Strip / Peanuts
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