prostrate vs protect

prostrate

adj
  • Lying flat, face-down. 

  • Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease. 

  • Trailing on the ground; procumbent. 

  • Emotionally devastated. 

verb
  • To throw oneself down in submission. 

  • To lie flat or face-down. 

  • To overcome or overpower. 

  • To cause to lie down, to flatten. 

protect

verb
  • To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to. 

  • To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight. 

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