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PASSIVE AIR DEFENSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does passive air defense mean? 

PASSIVE AIR DEFENSE (noun)
  The noun PASSIVE AIR DEFENSE has 1 sense:

1. air defense by the use of deception or dispersion or protective constructionplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PASSIVE AIR DEFENSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Air defense by the use of deception or dispersion or protective construction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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


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