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Noun: hasty defence
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: hasty defense)
  1. A defence organized while in contact with the enemy or when time is limited
    "The soldiers quickly set up a hasty defence when they encountered the enemy";
    - hasty defense [US]

Derived forms: hasty defences

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