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

Derived forms: hasty defenses

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