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Show support for military facility (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

airbase

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'military facility' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'show support' is the wordplay.
'show' becomes 'air' (both can mean broadcast).
'support' becomes 'base' (base is a kind of support).
'air'+'base'='AIRBASE'

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(Other definitions for airbase that I've seen before include "Where one may see fighter pilots" , "Hurricanes may come from this" , "military use it" , "hardly a no-fly zone" , "military unit" .)

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