defensive measure

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defensive measure

Noun
1. military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program"
(synonym) defense, defence
(hypernym) military action, action
(hyponym) umbrella
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine