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AIR COVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does air cover mean? 

AIR COVER (noun)
  The noun AIR COVER has 1 sense:

1. the use of military aircraft to provide protection against attack by enemy aircraft during ground or naval operationsplay

  Familiarity information: AIR COVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AIR COVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of military aircraft to provide protection against attack by enemy aircraft during ground or naval operations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("air cover" is a kind of...):

protection (the activity of protecting someone or something)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)


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