sentinel

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Synonyms: centinel, sentine, sentinels, dentine, dentinal, sestine, lenticel, pentine, sentires, sentier, sentinum

Antonyms: centinel, sentine, sentinels, dentine, dentinal, sestine, lenticel, pentine, sentires, sentier, sentinum

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Noun

1. A [[sentry]], watch, or [[guard]].
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[private]] [[soldier]].
3. {{lb|en|computer science}} A unique value recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way, or marking the end of a set of data.
4. A [[sentinel crab]].
5. {{lb|en|attributive|medicine|epidemiology}} A sign of a health risk (e.g. a disease, an adverse effect).

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To watch over as a guard.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To post a guard for.

Proper noun

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