BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An agency in the Department of Defense that is responsible for making ballistic missile defense a reality

Synonyms:

Ballistic Missile Defense Organization; BMDO

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Ballistic Missile Defense Organization" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Holonyms ("Ballistic Missile Defense Organization" is a part of...):

Defense; Defense Department; Department of Defense; DoD; United States Department of Defense (the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947)

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