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passive defenses

passive defenses is the plural of passive defense.

Meaning of passive defense

Noun

passive defense (countable and uncountable, plural passive defenses)

  1. Forms of defense that offer protection without counterattacking.
    • The construction of concrete revetments and hardened facilities, and the provision of chemical warfare defense equipment and clothing, all contribute to our passive defense capabilities.1986, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for fiscal year 1987, page 317

Questions about passive defenses

What is passive defenses the plural of?
Passive defenses is the plural of passive defense.

Words near passive defenses in the dictionary

  1. passive attack
  2. passive attacks
  3. passive box
  4. passive boxes
  5. passive defense
  6. passive defenses
  7. passive euthanasia
  8. passive gravitational mass
  9. passive gravitational masses
  10. passive immunities
  11. passive immunity

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