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self-protective

self-protective adjective: of or pertaining to the ability to protect oneself.

Adjective

self-protective (comparative more self-protective, superlative most self-protective)

  1. Of or pertaining to the ability to protect oneself.

Forms of self-protective

comparativemore self-protective
superlativemost self-protective

Questions about self-protective

What does self-protective mean?
Self-protective means of or pertaining to the ability to protect oneself.
What part of speech is self-protective?
Self-protective is an adjective.

Words near self-protective in the dictionary

  1. self-propagates
  2. self-propagating
  3. self-propelled
  4. self-propelling
  5. self-protection
  6. self-protective
  7. self-pruning
  8. self-pub
  9. self-pubbed
  10. self-pubbing
  11. self-publish

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