No. 1,026 in Russian
защитить
To protect or defend.
In a sentence
Я хочу защитить свою семью.
I want to protect my family.
Here, "защитить" means "to protect" or "to defend", commonly used in contexts involving protection from harm or danger.
Он должен защитить свою дипломную работу завтра.
He has to defend his thesis tomorrow.
In this context, "защитить" refers to "defending" an academic thesis, a standard term in Russian academia.
Нас надо защитить от несправедливости.
We need to be protected from injustice.
The word "защитить" here carries the meaning of providing defense or advocacy, specifically in a social or moral sense.
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