Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, shield-bearing; scutigerous; cataphract; loricate. See cut under
phylloxera-mite .
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
shield . - adjective provided with a
shield - adjective
protected frominfluence ordanger
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury
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Examples
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Now, apparently, even discussions of the case are to be shielded from the general public.
Jon Davidson: Prop 8 Defender Flees Televised Discussion Jon Davidson 2010
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Now, apparently, even discussions of the case are to be shielded from the general public.
Jon Davidson: Prop 8 Defender Flees Televised Discussion Jon Davidson 2010
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We will continue to be allowed to vote because voting maintains an air of Democracy (Greek-Demos) in a society, even if the means of counting the votes is proprietary (read DIEBOLD) and shielded from the Demos.
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Now, apparently, even discussions of the case are to be shielded from the general public.
Jon Davidson: Prop 8 Defender Flees Televised Discussion Jon Davidson 2010
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The supplier incentives are to invent newer, better, more specialized (costly) services and justify each as a "necessity", while the demanders are shielded from the immediate cost effects by the very nature of the insurance (protection against financial loss) - the services and guaranteed payment umbrella propagate the false perception in demanders that health care services are free or of minimal cost.
Primary Care Doctors vs. Specialists, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It was the whispers - the crosstalk of a dying station, no longer shielded from the neural network of its human occupants.
Valentines, part the first mllelaurel 2009
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Police Chiefs need to be shielded from the knee-jerk reactions of a local electorate and central government. on April 4, 2010 at 3: 40 pm PC World
Locally Elected Police Chiefs, Yeah? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Being outside of the beltway, and thus shielded from the standard idiocy, I have no idea what 24AheadDotCom is trying to say.
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In fact I will go further and say that all children are innocent and deserve to be protected and shielded from the horrors of war.
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Long shielded from the realm of man, the inhabitants of Themyscira are tested when American fighter pilot Steve Trevor inexplicably crashes into their world.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009
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