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insulate against

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insulate someone or something against someone or something and insulate someone or something from someone or something
to protect someone or something against the effect of someone or something. Use an extra blanket to insulate the baby against the cold. John is a bad influence on the children, and I've taken care to insulate them against him. We insulated the children from the effects of John and his bad habits.
See also: against


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The measure of a window's ability to insulate against the passage of heat is its U-Factor, which is simply the reciprocal of its R-Value.
We hope her death will shed light on the inherent risks of cheerleading, and we hope that additional steps will be taken to insulate against those risks," Nancy Chang, the victim's sister, said yesterday.
This glass can insulate against heat loss at an R-20/U 0.
 
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