They protect the colony from danger.

Meaning: This sentence describes how ants work together to defend their colony against threats and dangers.

Choice of Words: Protect means to keep safe from harm or danger, while Colony refers to a group of ants living together. From means away from or out of, and Danger is a risk or hazard that could cause harm.

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The protectors keep the colony safe.

Meaning: This sentence means that there is a group of things that are being kept safe from something that could hurt them.

Choice of Words: Protectors are people or things that protect something else. Keep means to hold onto something or prevent it from being lost or taken away. Safe means not in danger or protected from harm. When you put these words together, you get a sentence that means "The protectors keep the group from being harmed."

They defend the colony against danger.

Meaning: This sentence means that there is a group of things that are being kept safe from something that could hurt them.

Choice of Words: Defend means to protect something from attack or harm. Against means in opposition to or resisting something. Danger means something that could cause harm or injury. When you put these words together, you get a sentence that means "They keep the group safe from things that could hurt them."

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