Ecodefence

Quick meaning: Ecodefence is a noun meaning (originally US) Collectively, actions intended to disrupt human activities perceived to be damaging to the environment, typically including civil disobedience and illegal sabotage.

Meaning

(originally US) Collectively, actions intended to disrupt human activities perceived to be damaging to the environment, typically including civil disobedience and illegal sabotage.

Example Sentences

The front page leads with an editorial about the Gandalf trial under a typically confrontational headline: ‘Fuck you, pigs!’. The following three pages are taken up with the magazine’s regular ‘diaries’: of animal liberation, ecodefence and ‘community resistance’. Each attempts to list all examples of actions (both violent and peaceful) that have taken place in support of these causes since the previous issue.

Word Forms

• eco-defence
• eco-defense
• ecodefense

Synonyms for ecodefence

Depending on context, synonyms include ecotage, monkeywrenching.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ecodefense, eco-defence, eco-defense, ecodisaster, decon, ecodesign.

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