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antitank

[ an-tee-tangk, an-tahy- ]

adjective

, Military.
  1. designed for use against tanks or other armored vehicles:

    antitank gun.



antitank

/ ˌæntɪˈtæŋk /

adjective

  1. designed to immobilize or destroy armoured vehicles ATK

    antitank weapons



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Word History and Origins

Origin of antitank1

First recorded in 1915–20; anti- + tank

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Example Sentences

The United States and Europe have provided Ukraine with some Stingers, Javelin antitank systems and other weaponry, and more are on the way.

Authorities in Belgium, Denmark and Sweden said they would send thousands of antitank weapons, helmets, machine guns and body shields to Ukraine.

Over the weekend, Berlin also cut through its long-standing resistance to sending weapons to conflict zones, authorizing the dispatch of 1,000 shoulder-launched antitank rockets and 500 surface-to-air Stinger missiles to Ukraine.

Engineers behind the lines developed effective antitank guns, and artillery leaders learned to concentrate fire.

Syria has long supplied Hezbollah with other weapons, including missiles and antitank rockets.

One of the five men held a powerful East German antitank weapon.

The heaviest weapons, such as antiaircraft and antitank missiles, came from around the capital itself.

Six of the seven people killed were traveling in a car when it was hit by an antitank missile.

While they were assembling the sunbreak, Haines and Boulton unloaded a portable antitank rocket launcher.

Heavy smoke screens hid the moving forts from the German antitank guns.

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