Protect and Yield

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Protect

Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Usage example: the mother bear was just trying to protect her cubs
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Yield is an antonym for protect.
Nearby Words: protection, protected, protector, protective, protecting

Yield

Yield verb - To give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit).
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Synonyms for Yield
Antonyms for Yield
Protect is an antonym for yield.
Nearby Words: yielding, yielded
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Common collocations

someone protect someone yield someone
time protect time yield time

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / The Office (US) This Is Reality: In their duel for Angela, Andy has Dwight pinned to the hedge, but he is refusing to yield.Dwight: You can't protect her!
    Source: Series / The Office (US)
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Yield and Protect. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/protect/yield
Protect & Yield. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/protect/yield>.
Yield or Protect. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/protect/yield.

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