civil defencenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌsɪv.əl dɪˈfens/us/ˌsɪv.əl dɪˈfens/the organizing and training of ordinary people to protect themselves or their property from an enemy attack during a war
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Military training & ceremonies
- assault course
- attention
- drill
- ease
- fall
- fall in
- fatigue
- garrison
- manoeuvre
- march
- pass
- pass out
- passing-out
- recon
- reconnaissance
- review
- route march
- salute
- take the salute idiom
- troop
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