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PROTECTS Antonyms

There are 9 antonyms of the word protects. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For PROTECTS

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damages
nounn
noun

• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

abandons
verbv
noun

• the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry

• a feeling of extreme emotional intensity

verb

• forsake, leave behind

• give up with the intent of never claiming again

• leave behind empty; move out of

• stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

endangers
verbv
verb

• pose a threat to; present a danger to

• put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

exposes
verbv
noun

• the exposure of an impostor or a fraud

verb

• expose or make accessible to some action or influence

• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

• to show, make visible or apparent

• remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body

• reveal to view as by removing a cover

• put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

• expose to light, of photographic film

• expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas

• abandon by leaving out in the open air

harms
verb, nounv, n
noun

• any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

• the occurrence of a change for the worse

• the act of damaging something or someone

verb

• cause or do harm to

jeopardizes
verbv
verb

• pose a threat to; present a danger to

• put at risk

neglects
verbv
noun

• lack of attention and due care

• the state of something that has been unused and neglected

• willful lack of care and attention

• the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

• failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

verb

• leave undone or leave out

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• fail to attend to

• give little or no attention to

risks
nounn
noun

• a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

• a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury

• the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred

• the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent

verb

• expose to a chance of loss or damage

• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

threatens
verbv
verb

• pose a threat to; present a danger to

• to utter intentions of injury or punishment against

• to be a menacing indication of something

Alternatives for DAMAGES

Alternatives for ABANDONS

Alternatives for ENDANGERS

Alternatives for EXPOSES

Alternatives for HARMS

Alternatives for JEOPARDIZES

Alternatives for NEGLECTS

Alternatives for RISKS

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