civil defense
noun
: the system of protective measures and emergency relief activities conducted by civilians in case of hostile attack, sabotage, or natural disaster
Examples of civil defense in a Sentence
She's in training to be part of the local civil defense.
the head of civil defense
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The strike also killed three civil defense workers, including the local head of the agency, according to Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
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Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Recognizing such gaps, a grassroots civil defense movement has sprung up in Taiwan in recent years.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
Gaza’s civil defense said that rescue teams were working to recover people from the rubble and that the death toll was expected to rise.
CNN has reached out to the Israeli military for comment on both strikes.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
Two men, including a Hezbollah civil defense worker, hung a Lebanese flag atop the rubble and retrieved a prayer rug with an image of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2024
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Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Recognizing such gaps, a grassroots civil defense movement has sprung up in Taiwan in recent years.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
Gaza’s civil defense said that rescue teams were working to recover people from the rubble and that the death toll was expected to rise.
CNN has reached out to the Israeli military for comment on both strikes.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
Two men, including a Hezbollah civil defense worker, hung a Lebanese flag atop the rubble and retrieved a prayer rug with an image of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Civil defense.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20defense. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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