"tower defense" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tower defense (uncountable)
  1. (video games) A style of real-time strategy video game in which the player attempts to stop enemies from crossing a map by building traps to slow them down and towers or turrets which shoot at them as they pass within range. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Video game genres Synonyms: TD [initialism] Translations (video game genre): タワーディフェンス (tawā difensu) (Japanese), TD (tī-dī) (Japanese)

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