Protective
Protective adjective - Intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind.
Usage example: protective coatings
Restrictive and protective are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Restrictive" instead an adjective "Protective".
Restrictive
Restrictive adjective - (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports.
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Synonyms for Restrictive
Protective and restrictive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Protective" instead an adjective "Restrictive".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Akimoto is supposedly very protective of his AKB48 label and the fanwork ban may be restrictive towards AKB0048.
Source: Fanwork Ban -
While it was already in the process of being rendered obsolete by plate armor, the penetrative power of early firearms made it more trouble than it was worth compared to plate armor, which, although it had a higher resource cost, was both more protective and less restrictive on movement.
Source: Armor-Piercing Attack
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