civil defense

English

Alternative forms

• civil defence

Noun

civil defense (uncountable)

1. Efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack.

Synonyms

• civil protection

Translations

efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack

• Arabic: دفاع مدني m (dafa madany)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民事防護／民事防护 (mínshì fánghù), 民防 (mínfáng)

• Finnish: väestönsuojelu
• Hindi: नागरिक रक्षा f (nāgrik rakṣā)
• Italian: difesa civile f
• Japanese: 民間防衛 (minkan bōei)
• Russian: гражда́нская оборо́на (ru) f (graždánskaja oboróna)
• Spanish: defensa civil f