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Definitions for "Barrage balloon"
Keywords:  tethered, deter, balloon, bombing, aircraft
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Tethered balloon attached to cables or net, designed to deter low-flying air attacks. Used to protect London from German bombing raids during the First World War.
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an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low
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a captive balloon, of tear-drop shape and with fins to keep it headed into the wind, which can be positioned around likely bombing targets to interfere with the probable flight paths of enemy aircraft
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