What's correct?
1) The skull protects on the brain
or
2) the skull protects the brain
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1) The skull protects on the brain
or
2) the skull protects the brain
The answer is: it depends on the context, because according to the context it's decided if it's transitive or intransitive verbs.
In this context is a transitive verb and therefore the answer is "protects" (without prepositional)
The skull protects the brain