antiaircraft
antiaircraft
Definition
anti·air·craft (-er′kraft′)
adjective
used for defense against hostile aircraft an antiaircraft gun
antiaircraft
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- artillery: American antiaircraft artillery met the challenge by destroying more than 300 enemy aircraft.
- gun: Many cities like Dresden had lost all their antiaircraft guns to the eastern front.
- battery: A hundred sorely needed heavy antiaircraft batteries had been sent to northern Italy.
- missile: The Patriots, originally designed as antiaircraft missiles, had limited success in downing the incoming missiles.
- fire: King said antiaircraft fire has posed the most danger.
- defense: The finest fighter aircraft or antiaircraft defenses were of no avail against bomber hordes like these!
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