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tower defence

tower defence is the alternative form of tower defense.

Meaning of tower defense

Noun

tower defense (uncountable)

  1. A style of real-time strategy video game in which the player attempts to stop enemies from crossing a map by building traps to slow them down and towers or turrets which shoot at them as they pass within range.

Questions about tower defence

What is tower defence the alternative form of?
Tower defence is the alternative form of tower defense.

Words near tower defence in the dictionary

  1. tower block
  2. tower blocks
  3. Tower Bridge
  4. tower crane
  5. tower cranes
  6. tower defence
  7. tower defense
  8. Tower Hamlets
  9. Tower Hill
  10. tower house
  11. tower houses

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