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Safety

The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.

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Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Country 76% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Preventative 76% connected

That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.

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Preventive 76% connected

Going before; preceding.

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Score 76% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Narrower term 10

Double 76% connected

Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.

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Fender 76% connected

One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm

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Harborage 76% connected

Shelter; entertainment.

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Homer 76% connected

A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.

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Impregnability 76% connected

The quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility.

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Invulnerability 76% connected

Quality or state of being invulnerable.

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Salvation 76% connected

The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.

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Security 76% connected

The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.

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Single 76% connected

One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.

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Triple 76% connected

Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie.

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Synonym 5

Guard 92% connected

To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Prophylactic 92% connected

A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Refuge 92% connected

Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rubber 92% connected

One who, or that which, rubs.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Safe 92% connected

Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from sto…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Danger 94% connected

Authority; jurisdiction; control.

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Danger 94% connected

Authority; jurisdiction; control.

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