homeland security

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   the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security

   SynonymsDepartment of Homeland Security

   Broaderexecutive department

   PartsFederal Emergency Management AgencyImmigration and Naturalization ServiceFederal Law Enforcement Training CenterUnited States Secret Service

Questions about homeland security

What does homeland security mean?

homeland security means "the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security".

What is another word for homeland security?

Close synonyms include Department of Homeland Security. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is homeland security a common word?

homeland security is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.