What does safe-guard mean?

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safe-guard

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

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safe-guards (plural) safe-guards (present, singular) safe-guarding (participle, present) safe-guarded (participle, past) safe-guarded (past)

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