antiaircraft
designed for or used in defense against enemy aircraft.
artillery used against enemy aircraft.
a military organization operating and servicing antiaircraft artillery.
shellfire from antiaircraft artillery: The planes flew through heavy antiaircraft.
Origin of antiaircraft
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How to use antiaircraft in a sentence
He lists them starting with modern sniper rifles going all the way up to anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.
In mid-July the British anti-aircraft guns had been reinforced and enhanced by a new American radar system.
Life Under Air Strikes: Children Under Fire Will Never Forget — or Forgive | Clive Irving | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBashir said anti-aircraft weapons would make those two controversial options unnecessary.
Exclusive: Kerry Told Syrian Rebels ‘We Wasted a Year’ in Fight Against Assad | Josh Rogin | May 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey should help us with real weapons, anti-tank and anti-aircraft, and with armored vehicles, training, and a no-fly zone.
They had onion skin traces made of all bombers returning from raids, as to where they'd been hit by anti-aircraft and enemy fire.
Our ears were deafened by the sharp rat-tat-tat of the machine guns, and by our own frantic anti-aircraft fire.
The Romance of His Life | Mary CholmondeleyEvery available piece of anti-aircraft artillery was turned upon the fleecy mass.
Tam O' The Scoots | Edgar Wallace"Get an anti-aircraft gun from the Island and shell hell out of them when they come round again," suggested the artilleryman.
The Onslaught from Rigel | Fletcher PrattAirplanes were buzzing overhead; searchlights were meeting in the sky while anti-aircraft guns banged away.
Polly the Pagan | Isabel AndersonThe thundering roar of the anti-aircraft barrage drowned out the rest.
The Lost Warship | Robert Moore Williams
British Dictionary definitions for anti-aircraft
/ (ˌæntɪˈɛəkrɑːft) /
(modifier) of or relating to defence against aircraft attack: anti-aircraft batteries
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