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area-denial

a. Referring to devices, typically weapons, intended to prevent an adversary from occupying or traversing a certain area of land. alt. Referring to devices, typically weapons, intended to prevent an adversary from occupying or traversing a certain area of land.

Usage examples of "area-denial".

As imposing as they looked to men on foot, the Skink tanks' armor was thin, and so highly vulnerable to area-denial munitions.