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protective reactions

protective reactions is the plural of protective reaction.

Meaning of protective reaction

Noun

protective reaction (countable and uncountable, plural protective reactions)

  1. (euphemistic) The bombing of enemy targets, ostensibly in self-defense.

Questions about protective reactions

What is protective reactions the plural of?
Protective reactions is the plural of protective reaction.

Words near protective reactions in the dictionary

  1. protective letters
  2. protective order
  3. protective orders
  4. protective pants
  5. protective reaction
  6. protective reactions
  7. protectively
  8. protectiveness
  9. protectives
  10. protectivity
  11. Protectograph

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