antiaircraft
7
5.6
- noun
- /ˌæn.tiˈɛr.kræft/
- Specialized
:
artillería antiaérea
- The military installed several antiaircraft guns to protect the base from enemy aircraft.
- antiaircraft guns
- antiaircraft missiles
- antiaircraft fire
Examples
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Now we have heavy antiaircraft fire around Mugia Pass.
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Another plane made a suicide dive on the task group and was shot down by antiaircraft fire.
Fiction book (1993) -
Because there are no antiaircraft guns.
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Give me the antiaircraft locations.
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However, we're installing antiaircraft batteries all over town.
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Why isn't there any antiaircraft fire?
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LUKE: They got about 500 antiaircraft guns around Bremen.
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- The Swiss make an antiaircraft gun - called the Oerlikon.
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There still was considerable Kimakaze activity and plenty of antiaircraft fire from our ships.
Blog text (11) -
There are at least 850 antiaircraft and missile sites around Hanoi and Haiphong.
Synonyms
19
6.3
A weapon launched from the ground or a ship to destroy aircraft in the sky
14
8.0
Explosive shells fired at planes that burst in the sky
3
6.0
A missile fired from land or a ship to hit aircraft
1
5.3
A large gun on the ground that shoots at planes
1
5.9
Gunfire from the ground aimed at enemy planes to stop an air attack
1
7.9
A set of weapons and equipment that shoots rockets at planes
1
9.9
Fire from big guns aimed at planes high in the sky
A large gun on the ground that shoots at enemy planes
A small fast-firing gun on ships used to shoot at aircraft
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.9
Gunfire from the ground aimed at enemy planes to stop an air attack
How Powerful
- Specialized
1
6.3
- Specialized
33
7.6
- Specialized
7
5.6
- Specialized
1
5.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word antiaircraft comes from anti- 'against' and aircraft 'airplane', so as a noun it names guns or systems that fight or defend against planes in the sky.