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intended to resist or prevent attack or aggression
- a self-protective gesture to ward off the blow
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“Self-protective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-protective. Accessed 24 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of self-protective was in 1829
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