Word.ws English Dictionary

air denial

air denial noun: a situation in aerial warfare wherein one's air force is significantly outmatched in the air by an enemy air force, but is nevertheless able to contest control of the air and prevent the enemy from achieving air supremacy.

Noun

air denial (uncountable)

  1. A situation in aerial warfare wherein one's air force is significantly outmatched in the air by an enemy air force, but is nevertheless able to contest control of the air and prevent the enemy from achieving air supremacy.
    1. The strategies used by the weaker air force in this situation.

Questions about air denial

What does air denial mean?
Air denial means a situation in aerial warfare wherein one's air force is significantly outmatched in the air by an enemy air force, but is nevertheless able to contest control of the air and prevent the enemy from achieving air supremacy.
What part of speech is air denial?
Air denial is a noun.

Words near air denial in the dictionary

  1. air de cour
  2. air defence
  3. air defences
  4. air defense
  5. air defenses
  6. air denial
  7. air display
  8. air displays
  9. air door
  10. air doors
  11. air draft

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: air denial (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “air denial.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/air_denial. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.