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Meanings of flak in English
Portuguese
ack-ack-ack Catalan
antiaeri Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.
Synonyms
Examples for "fire"
Examples for "fire"
1
Large areas of state expected to see Severe or Extreme fire danger.
2
Warnings: Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places in Limpopo.
3
The airplane sustained serious structural and fire damage, a military statement said.
4
November last year saw the first exchange of fire in seven years.
5
The authorities' main concern back then was the safety and fire regulations.
1
The so-called Islamic State militant group said it carried out that attack.
2
Mr Peters said the attack would not change New Zealand's essential nature.
3
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack via its Amaq news service.
4
Erdogan has condemned the case as a political attack on his government.
5
Rather than attack the symptom, the government needs to solve the problem.
1
The blast happened in an area where several government buildings are located.
2
Another blast in the same area wounded four civilians, Mr Noori said.
3
Local media said at least five others were injured in the blast.
4
Police said the second car was empty when the blast took place.
5
A year later it was hit again by the second City blast.
A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
Usage of flak in English
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.
6
Explosions rocked Luke's ship, tossing it about violently in the enveloping flak.
7
We'll get a lot of flak for it, but we can't possibly-
8
The flak jacket underneath her sweater did little to allay her concerns.
9
If not, there is going to be a load of flak coming.
10
Molten stones were fired upward, filling portions of the air like flak.
11
Yossarian removed Snowden's flak helmet and lowered his head to the floor.
12
Protest leaders wore flak jackets, fearing snipers might try to shoot them.
13
There was a hell of a lot of red flak at Kiel.
14
China, which also vetoed the resolution, has come in for much less flak.
15
Since then, the president has received a fair amount of flak.
16
That way, I can take the flak if anything goes wrong.
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Flak through the time
Flak across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common