Antonyms for protective
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pruh-tek-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : prəˈtɛk tɪv |
Definition of protective
Origin :- 1660s, from protect + -ive. As a noun from 1875. Related: Protectively; protectiveness. Protective custody is from 1933, translating German Schutzhaft, used cynically by the Nazis.
- adj guarding, securing
- Why, the order of nature is reversed, and these children take on the protective.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- There was protective tenderness in the gesture and the touch.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- But to the cub the spectacle of her protective rage was pleasing.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- He had been moved, he supposed now, by a protective sentiment.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- Among birds, the ptarmigan is a fine example of protective colouring.
- Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
- Already we are becoming a militarist and a protective State, but we do not yet know it.
- Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
- He picked up the black box that generated his protective screen.
- Extract from : « Mutineer » by Robert J. Shea
- The tariff bill presented in 1824 was avowedly a protective measure.
- Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
- There was a protective manliness in the manner of these men that reassured me.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- He was energetic, if he was fat, and he had put a protective arm about Zara.
- Extract from : « A Campfire Girl's First Council Fire » by Jane L. Stewart
Synonyms for protective
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