"safeguard" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈseɪfɡɑː(r)d/ Audio: en-us-safeguard.ogg [US] Forms: safeguard [singular], safeguards [plural]
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  1. A safeguard is measure taken to guard or protect someone from something bad.
    Sense id: simple-safeguard-en-noun-tecpme-U

Verb

IPA: /ˈseɪfɡɑː(r)d/ Audio: en-us-safeguard.ogg [US] Forms: safeguard [canonical], safeguards [third-person, singular], safeguarded [past], safeguarded [past, participle], safeguarding [present, participle]
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  1. If you safeguard yourself, you take measures to guard or protect yourself from something bad.
    Sense id: simple-safeguard-en-verb-kg4ClxsJ
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