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  • 71guard — guard1 W3S3 [ga:d US ga:rd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(person)¦ 2¦(protection)¦ 3¦(soldiers)¦ 4¦(equipment)¦ 5¦(on a train)¦ 6 on your guard 7 catch/throw somebody off guard 8 guard of honour 9 the old guard 10¦(fighting)¦ …

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  • 72guard — 1 noun 1 PERSON (C) a) someone whose job is to guard a place, person, or object in order to protect them from attack or from thieves: The guards stopped us at the gate. see also: security guard b) someone whose job is to guard prisoners and… …

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  • 73guard — black·guard·ery; black·guard·ism; black·guard·ly; coun·ter·guard; guard; guard·ee; guard·er; guard·i·an·ess; guard·i·an·less; guard·i·an·ly; guard·i·an·ship; guard·ing·ly; guard·less; guard·ship; un·guard; van·guard; van·guard·ism; van·guard·ist; …

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  • 74guard — guardable, adj. guarder, n. guardless, adj. guardlike, adj. /gahrd/, v.t. 1. to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler. 2. to keep under close watch in order to prevent escape, misconduct, etc.: to guard a prisoner …

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  • 75Guard llama — A guard llama is a llama used in farming to protect sheep, alpacas, goats or other livestock from coyotes, dogs and other predators. [International Llama Association. (1995). Guard Llamas. ILA Educational Brochure #2.] Typically a single gelding… …

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  • 76guard — Synonyms and related words: Coldstream Guards, Foot Guards, Grenadier Guards, Life Guards, Scots Guards, accompany, advance guard, advocate, aegis, amateur athlete, apologist, archer, arm, arm guard, armament, armed guard, armor, arrest, athlete …

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  • 77Guard dog — A guard dog, watch dog, or sentry dog is a dog employed to guard against, or watch for, unwanted or unexpected animals or people. Both guard dogs and watch dogs bark to alert their owners of an intruder s presence. The barking is also an attempt… …

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  • 78Guard Jaeger Regiment — Infobox Military Unit unit name= Kaartin Jääkärirykmentti caption=Flag of the Guard Jaeger Regiment dates= country=Finland branch=Army type= Foot Guards size=2 battalions [ Varusmiehiä kouluttavat joukko osastot 2008 . Reserviläinen 1/2008, p.38 …

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  • 79Guard interval — In telecommunications, guard intervals are used to ensure that distinct transmissions do not interfere with one another. These transmissions may belong to different users (as in TDMA) or to the same user (as in OFDM).The purpose of the guard… …

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  • 80Guard byte — A guard byte is a part of computer program s memory that helps software developers find buffer overflows while developing the program. Principle When a program is compiled for debugging, all memory allocations are prefixed and postfixed by guard… …

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