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  1. defence in depth: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Defence-in-depth (Roman military), Defence in depth (non-military), Defence in depth: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. defence in depth: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. defence in depth: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (defence in depth)

noun:  (military) A strategy that seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker, potentially yielding a limited amount of territory in order to stress the attacker's logistics and reduce their momentum.
noun:  The use of multilayered protection to make a system reliable even if part of the protection fails.

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