Noun
partial protection
Usage- Uncountable
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Behind the lines, the gunners had the semiprotection of makeshift shelters - sheets of corrugated galvanized iron, bolted together and covered with layers of sandbags, sod, and netting.
Rain drizzled steadily as we entered the semiprotection of a grove of trees. At least the wind wasn't hitting us so hard. Mom's umbrella proved to be close to useless, because it kept collapsing.
A primigravida pregnant women who has semi-immunity to parasites adherent to endothelium in other organs lacks this semiprotection to the parasites capable of binding to the placenta[…]