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Noun: air defence
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: air defense)
  1. Defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft, missiles or to nullify their effectiveness
    "The country invested heavily in air defence systems";
    - air defense [US]

Derived forms: air defences

Type of: defence [Brit, Cdn], defense [US], defensive measure

Encyclopedia: Air defence