flak

Adjective modifier

• heavy: The heavy flak opened up, chunks of plaster fell from the ceiling.
• light: The heavy flak batteries were still pounding away at them and they were dropping to within range of the light flak.
• much: In particular the ninth formulation has come in for much flak.
• German: Many aircraft were shot down by German flak as they passed overhead.
• political: We have taken a lot of political flak for our approach.
• accurate: Approaching the coastline they were suddenly coned in searchlights and caught in a barrage of very accurate flak.

Converse of object

• attract: The media sector today As an industry, ' the media ' seems to attract more flak than most.
• take: To do with taking flak from call rather than.
• avoid: They flew night at 500ft until the enemy coast, after which they averaged just 100ft to avoid flak and fighter patrols.
• draw: But the initiative has drawn flak from some quarters in the open source community, judging from the responses posted on Port 25 blogs.
• get: Ever get the feeling they're getting a little flak about this?
• receive: Glaxo raised its head above the parapet and received the flak: smaller companies will learn the lesson and lie low.

Converse of subject

• hit: Details: Hit by flak whilst passing over the target area at 21,000 feet.

Modifies a noun

• jacket: A flak jacket would come in much more useful!
• cannon: Slots: 5 Weapons: 4 flak cannons and planes on deck.
• gun: The Germans had certainly reinforced the batteries with some mobile 88 flak guns of their own.
• battery: It appeared to be as he had been briefed with three light flak batteries on the dam wall and three more in the valley.
• tower: Photo: the flak tower in the distance was the center of German efforts to resist the British invasion at Sword Beach.
• vest: Use sand bags, flak vests, steel plates, or lumber to protect crew.

Noun used with modifier

• enemy: On D Day after being struck by enemy flak he lay on the beach for eight hours.