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collective security

The definition of collective security is a system in which nations band together and pledge to join together against a nation that attacks one of the nations.

(noun)

An example of collective security is a group of three nations who band together against enemies.

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See collective security in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a system of international security in which the participating nations agree to take joint action against a nation that attacks any one of them
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