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SDI
noun [U] /ˌes.diːˈaɪ/ (informal Star Wars)Definition
› abbreviation for Strategic Defense Initiative: a plan to defend the US from enemy nuclear weapons by destroying them in spaceWar
(Definition of SDI noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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