Usually means: Protection, response to emergencies, civilians.
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  1. civil defence: Collins English Dictionary
  2. civil defence: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. civil defence: Wiktionary
  4. civil defence: Dictionary.com
  5. Civil Defence (New Zealand), Civil Defence, Civil defence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. civil defence: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. civil defence: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Civil Defence: Encyclopedia

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  1. Army Technology Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Civil defence)

▸ noun:  (British spelling) alternative form of civil defense [Efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack.]

Similar:
civil defense, ecodefense, eco-defence, Home Guard, defense in depth, defense, ecodefence, eco-defense, passive defense, defence, more...

Opposite:
offence, attack, aggression, hostility

Phrases:
Singapore Civil Defence Force, Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence, Civil Defence Corps, more...

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Similar:
civil defense, ecodefense, eco-defence, Home Guard, defense in depth, defense, ecodefence, eco-defense, passive defense, defence, more...

Opposite:
offence, attack, aggression, hostility

Phrases:
Singapore Civil Defence Force, Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence, Civil Defence Corps, more...



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