I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ adequate , effective , proper , sufficient
▪
Does the procedure provide adequate ~s against corruption?
▪ appropriate , necessary
▪ added , additional , extra , further
▪ inadequate
▪ environmental , nuclear
▪ constitutional , democratic , legal , procedural
VERB + SAFEGUARD
▪ implement , introduce ( BrE ), put in place
▪ provide
▪ provide sb with
▪ build in , build into sth , include
▪
Appropriate ~s would have to be built into the procedures to avoid abuses.
SAFEGUARD + VERB
▪ be in place
▪
The elections will go ahead, provided that adequate ~s are in place.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
▪
The credit agreement includes a ~ against overcharging.
▪ ~ for
▪
Any agreement must provide ~s for minority rights.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ adequately , properly
▪
This legislation does not adequately ~ the rights of consumers.
VERB + SAFEGUARD
▪ be necessary to
▪ help (to)
▪ be designed to , be intended to , be meant to , be supposed to
▪ take steps to
PREPOSITION
▪ against
▪
We must take steps to ~ our environment against these threats.
▪ from
▪
Try to ~ the young plants from frost.
Safeguard is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ environment , ↑ heritage , ↑ information , ↑ integrity , ↑ interest , ↑ job , ↑ liberty , ↑ privacy , ↑ right , ↑ viability