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tower defense

tower defense noun: 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.

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.

tower defense meaning in Vietnamese

tower defense in Vietnamese

video game genre
thủ thành

Forms of tower defense

alternative initialismTD

Questions about tower defense

What does tower defense mean?
Tower defense means 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.
What is tower defense in Vietnamese?
Tower defense in Vietnamese is thủ thành. See Tower defense meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is tower defense?
Tower defense is a noun.

Words near tower defense in the dictionary

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

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