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antidefense

antidefense adjective: countering a defense system.

Adjective

antidefense (not comparable)

  1. Countering a defense system.
    • The Soviet Union has already indicated that it may respond to deployment of a ballistic-missile defense system by deploying antidefense weapons, such as space mines to trail defense satellites.1986 December, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, volume 42, number 10, page 52

Forms of antidefense

alternative formantidefence

Origin of antidefense

From anti- + defense.

Questions about antidefense

What does antidefense mean?
Antidefense means countering a defense system.
What part of speech is antidefense?
Antidefense is an adjective.

Words near antidefense in the dictionary

  1. antidecuplets
  2. antideer
  3. antidefamation
  4. antidefence
  5. antidefendant
  6. antidefense
  7. antideferral
  8. antideficiency
  9. antideficit
  10. antideflation
  11. antideflationary

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