Crossword-Solution: PROTECTIVE 10 letters, 6 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 17

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Protective a. Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.

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Caregiving 1 answer
Designating a type of tariff. 1 answer
Kind of custody 1 answer
Watching 25 answers
On guard 48 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETERA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PROTECTIVE (5)

True story: As a joke, some hackers once offered some surplus ICs for sale to be worn as protective amulets against hostile magic.
The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Various 1992
Internal, very upper level policies which never reach the company's Employee Handbook; policies of discrimination, atti- tude, and protective corporate culture which not only transcend the law but in many cases, morality.
Terminal Compromise Winn Schwartau 1993
Both might have been boys, except for the half tender and always masterful manifestation of the protective instinct which was apparent in Korak’s attitude.
The Son of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Aubrey sustained delightful spasms of the protective instinct in trying to shelter Titania from buffets and pushings.
The Haunted Bookshop Christopher Morley 2008
Clovis Sangrail, who knew most of his associates by sight, said it was undoubtedly a case of protective mimicry.
Beasts and Super-Beasts Saki 2011

Quotes with PROTECTIVE (3)

With the arrival of electric technology, man has extended, or set outside himself, a live model of the central nervous system itself. To the degree that this is so, it is a development that suggests a desperate suicidal autoamputation, as if the central nervous system could no longer depend on the physical organs to be protective buffers against the slings and arrows of outrageous mechanism.
Marshall McLuhan Understanding Media: The Extensions Of Man
My mother told me that truth is like my skin, a beautiful, protective covering, and the things that people say or do can be easily changed or discarded. She told me truth comes from the heart.
Stewart Lewis You Have Seven Messages
We are each warriors of our own times. When we step out of our protective shell, we each encounter forces much more powerful than we are. What we learn through testing ourselves on the combat zones of our eon becomes the textbook protocol for how we shall live out the remainder of our life. The glorious skirmishes and daunting conflicts that we encounter, and what we learn from vigorous engagements on the battlefield of time, inscribe the story of our lives. Spiritual leaders…
Kilroy J. Oldster Dead Toad Scrolls
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Appears in: NYT, USA TODAY.

Used 4 times in crossword archives (1959–2000).