anti-aircraft

an·ti·air·craft

[an-tee-air-kraft, -krahft, an-tahy-]
adjective
1.
designed for or used in defense against enemy aircraft.
noun
2.
artillery used against enemy aircraft.
3.
a military organization operating and servicing antiaircraft artillery.
4.
shellfire from antiaircraft artillery: The planes flew through heavy antiaircraft.

Origin:
1910–15; anti- + aircraft

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anti-aircraft (ˌæntɪˈɛəkrɑːft) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
(modifier) of or relating to defence against aircraft attack: anti-aircraft batteries

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antiaircraft
also anti-aircraft, 1914, from anti- + aircraft.
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