safeguard

Examples

• All

• The optimistic interpretation of the treaty does not belong only to Selukukigh Wohellengh, but is shared by white settlers as well, who look to the treaty as a safeguard against violence.

  Academic text (2016)

• The government issued a safeguard allowing citizens to travel safely through conflict areas.

• New safeguards to privacy have been built into the HIPAA regulations to ensure protection of health care information.

  Academic text (2006)

• However, throughout this period, Iran placed all its nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards.

  Academic text (2007)

• The United States has threatened to cut off foreign aid and reliable supplies of nuclear materials if international safeguards are violated.

  Academic text (2001)

• Pyongyang pledged to remain a party to the NPT and accept full inspections under its safeguard agreement.

  Academic text (2003)

• Despite this, two Member States, Luxembourg and Austria, invoked the safeguard clause mentioned earlier, which allows them to prevent putting a product on the market in certain instances.

  Academic text (1999)

• North Korea remains, at least for the moment, a signatory of the NPT and the safeguards agreement requiring inspections.

  Academic text (2003)

• The safeguard included documents that ensured safe passage for refugees across the border.

Synonyms

S

safe-conduct

vssafeguard

• Formal

1 8.0

An official paper that lets a person travel safely through a dangerous area

includes either a document or a protective escort for passage

Antonyms

D

danger

∞ 1.0

A chance that people or things will be harmed

T

threat

∞ 2.3

Something likely to cause harm or danger

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology