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Meanings of
antiaircraft
in English
Portuguese
ack-ack-ack
Catalan
antiaeri
Back to the meaning
Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.
flak
flack
pom-pom
antiaircraft gun
ack-ack
ack-ack gun
Portuguese
ack-ack-ack
Intended to attack aircraft.
anti-aircraft
Synonyms
Examples for "
flak
"
flak
flack
pom-pom
antiaircraft gun
ack-ack
Examples for "
flak
"
1
His camera and bloodied
flak
jacket were carried on a second stretcher.
2
The then-National Party leader and Prime Minister, Jim Bolger, took the
flak
.
3
I was getting
flak
at London Irish, getting pounded all the time.
4
I don't want any
flak
about pissing off ancestors or hijacking souls.
5
Raheem Sterling cops a lot of
flak
from the British tabloid press.
1
And he copped a serious amount of fashion
flack
in the process.
2
And here I'm getting
flack
from everybody saying there was no money.
3
My father was very unique and he got a lot of
flack
.
4
And it might keep you from taking any
flack
from the team.
5
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association gets
flack
for going with the tried-and-true.
1
And my suitcase has a bilious green
pom-pom
attached to the handle.
2
Then we argued about how to tie it into a
pom-pom
.
3
The zip across the top edge had a furry
pom-pom
to pull it.
4
Once she's away from the
pom-pom
club, I should be able to trail her.
5
The
pom-pom
buttons on the front of his suit are as large as saucers.
1
The second rocket obliterated the top two barrels of the
antiaircraft
gun
on the right.
2
But it had the luck, which most planes, British or German have, to escape
antiaircraft
gun
-fire
.
3
A destroyed ZPU-1
antiaircraft
gun
,
previously well camouflaged, sat open and exposed and motionless behind some tattered trees.
4
Do you think I was down there on the ground firing an
antiaircraft
gun
when the planes came over?'
5
The SAM site was defended by a single artillery piece, a double-barreled
antiaircraft
gun
mounted on a flimsy four-wheel carriage.
1
This
ack
-
ack
was small beer by comparison, little more than a thin splatter.
2
Ng laughs sharply, like distant
ack
-
ack
,
and the van almost swerves off the road.
3
Beyond the
ack
-
ack
,
they heard artillery fire, their own, some way further to the west.
4
Janie with her clever hand on the
ack
-
ack
prototype.
5
Engine noise, like barrages from
ack
-
ack
guns, rattled back to us from the concrete walls.
1
Engine noise, like barrages from
ack
-
ack
guns
,
rattled back to us from the concrete walls.
2
His arms and his fists were like those old
ack
-
ack
guns
,
rat-a-tat-tat, slamming back and forth, blood flying everywheres, and he just kept charging.
Antiaircraft.
Related terms
defensive
Usage of
antiaircraft
in English
1
The drone was not stealthy and could be targeted by
antiaircraft
fire.
2
Our three ships dip and weave through the communication and
antiaircraft
towers.
3
The fighters were bombing and strafing his airfields and the
antiaircraft
defenses.
4
And, yes, Bradley was indeed using German-crewed
antiaircraft
guns to kill tanks.
5
And I can use German
antiaircraft
weapons and crews as well?
6
The president did not see the point of taking out individual
antiaircraft
guns.
7
Oh yes, General, they've been strafing and bombing our
antiaircraft
positions.
8
With heavy
antiaircraft
guns or shoulder-fired missiles, we could have brought it down.
9
Then the Egyptians blanketed the skies with a red-orange carpet of
antiaircraft
fire.
10
If the killers had Stinger
antiaircraft
missiles, Mr. President better stick with trains.
11
By the time the Capitol's
antiaircraft
weapons begin to fire, it's already too late.
12
The remote crackle of light
antiaircraft
fire carried up the coast to their ears.
13
One
antiaircraft
rocket would have saved her and a whole lot of other people.
14
Their heavy
antiaircraft
machine gun can penetrate at this range.
15
Our stores of
antiaircraft
ammunition and rockets are very low.
16
Swarms of
antiaircraft
fire were floating upwards amid dark puffs.
Other examples for "antiaircraft"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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antiaircraft
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
antiaircraft guns
antiaircraft fire
cuban antiaircraft
creew antiaircraft
german antiaircraft
More collocations
Translations for
antiaircraft
Portuguese
ack-ack-ack
Catalan
antiaeri
Antiaircraft
through the time
Antiaircraft
across language varieties
United States of America
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