ACTIVE AIR DEFENSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does active air defense mean? 

• ACTIVE AIR DEFENSE (noun)
  The noun ACTIVE AIR DEFENSE has 1 sense:

1. air defense by the use aircraft or missiles or artillery or electronic countermeasures

  Familiarity information: ACTIVE AIR DEFENSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTIVE AIR DEFENSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Air defense by the use aircraft or missiles or artillery or electronic countermeasures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("active air defense" is a kind of...):

air defense (defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles or to nullify their effectiveness)