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protected

/pɹəˈtɛktɪd/ adjective B1
  1. defended · The species is protected by law.· The files are stored on a protected server.
  2. Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to subclasses but not to the program in general.
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Even with eyes protected by the green spectacles, Dorothy and her friends were at first dazzled by the brilliancy of the wonderful City.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 63 · B2
that in this place where all others’ rights are protected, I alone should suffer wrong.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 27 · B2
“We dare not harm this little girl,” he said to them, “for she is protected by the Power of Good, and that is greater than the Power of Evil.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 84 · B2
“Maybe it was some danger that he could not be protected against.
The Valley of Fear, p. 52 · C1

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