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defensive industries

defensive industries is the plural of defensive industry.

Meaning of defensive industry

Noun

defensive industry (plural defensive industries)

  1. Any industry that fulfils a basic need, such as supplying food, and is thus not greatly affected by market fluctuations.

Questions about defensive industries

What is defensive industries the plural of?
Defensive industries is the plural of defensive industry.

Words near defensive industries in the dictionary

  1. defensive field
  2. defensive fields
  3. defensive halfback
  4. defensive halfbacks
  5. defensive indifference
  6. defensive industries
  7. defensive industry
  8. defensive line
  9. defensive line of scrimmage
  10. defensive lineman
  11. defensive linemen

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