No. 14,027 in Russian
оградить
To fence, enclose, or protect.
In a sentence
Я решил оградить сад от животных, построив забор.
I decided to fence the garden off from animals by building a fence.
In this sentence, 'оградить' is used in its literal sense to mean surrounding or isolating an area physically, such as with a fence.
Эти меры помогают оградить сообщество от вируса.
These measures help protect the community from the virus.
Here, 'оградить' is used metaphorically to imply protecting or shielding from harm or danger without a physical boundary.
Он старается оградить своего ребенка от плохих влияний.
He tries to shield his child from bad influences.
In this example, 'оградить' is used to indicate safeguarding or isolating someone emotionally or mentally from undesirable impacts.
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