AIR DEFENSE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles or to nullify their effectiveness
   
   Hypernyms(s) air defense is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • defense (what does defense mean?)
   • defence (what does defence mean?)
   • defensive measure (what does defensive measure mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • active air defense (what does active air defense mean?)
   • passive air defense (what does passive air defense mean?)