protective barrier

collocation in English

meaningsofprotectiveandbarrier

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protective
adjective
uk
/prəˈtek.tɪv/us
/prəˈtek.tɪv/
giving ...
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barrier
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbær.i.ər/us
/ˈber.i.ɚ/
a long pole, fence, wall, or natural feature, such as a mountain or sea, that stops people from ...
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(Definition ofprotectiveandbarrierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For the yeoman, a hedge was aprotectivebarrier: for the commoner it was an illegitimate divider.
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Decentralists believe that the existence of multiple veto points establishes aprotectivebarrieragainst the passage of corrupt legislation.
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She started to ease the pram in front of her, almost as aprotectivebarrier, daring me not to stop.
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The industry has also provided cars of current and future design for impact experiments and for the development ofprotectivebarrierand guard rails.
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A recent close survey over the wreck and a study into the feasibility of aprotectivebarrierare being evaluated.
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I cannot find words strong enough to emphasise that this is not aprotectivebarrierbehind which some of our suppliers and manufacturers can shelter.
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It is providing an inertprotectivebarrieraround the fire and excavating heated areas of the embankment and sealing them off.
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For those 1.5 million cars, lead in petrol acts as aprotectivebarrierbetween the exhaust valve and the valve seat into which it fits.
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The textile industry has not languished behind aprotectivebarriergrowing rich and lazy.
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If they did not work one would then have to start on the long, slow task of building the known type of certainprotectivebarrier, namely, a drop-gate.
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We are an island nation; many farmers have asked me why the sea that surrounds us, which should form aprotectivebarrier, has not done so.
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The steel industry has gained some stability behind aprotectivebarrierand this is a basis from which it can, so to speak, spread its operations.
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For healthy skin, the epidermis and dermis layers, together form aprotectivebarrierthat shields the inner body.
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Once theprotectivebarrieris broken, the normal (physiologic) process of wound healing is immediately set in motion.
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Thick bristle type fibres will often protrude from garments forming aprotectivebarrierlayer in blizzards.
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Although the bark functions as aprotectivebarrier, it is itself attacked by boring insects such as beetles.
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From a military point of view the swamp had an important function as aprotectivebarrier, especially between 1580 and 1850.
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Due to its chemical stability, it acts as aprotectivebarrieragainst chemicals.
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We had no food, as only seven or eight of our lorries managed to reach the house, and we formed them into aprotectivebarrier.
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As a water-based additive it is used to provide aprotectivebarrierand silky feel to lotions, soaps, personal lubricants, hair and skincare products.
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