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anti-aircraft en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From anti- + aircraft.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Intended to attack aircraft.
    • Special lamps were provided for working during the blackout, and an anti-aircraft gun, manned by the R.A.O.C., was mounted on the coal depot line. 1947 January and February, “Wartime Traffic at Tanfield, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 47:
    • Truth's ships are clustered above the excavation site. And his infantry has deployed anti-aircraft batteries around the perimeter. 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Miranda Keyes (Justis Bolding), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Crow's Nest:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
antaircraft alternative lexicographic
antiaircraft alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

air-defense · surface-to-air · anti-air · AAA · double-A · ack-ack · triple-A · AA · air-defence

Translations (37)

cs protiletecký (intended to attack aircraft) · ro antiaerian (intended to attack aircraft) · be супрацьпаве́траны (intended to attack aircraft) · uk протипові́тря́ний (intended to attack aircraft) · sl protizračen (intended to attack aircraft) · mk противвоздушен (intended to attack aircraft) · hy հակաօդային (intended to attack aircraft) · fr anti-aérien (intended to attack aircraft) · fi ilmatorjunta- (intended to attack aircraft) · tr uçaksavar (intended to attack aircraft) · cs protiletadlový (intended to attack aircraft) · sh protivvazdušan (intended to attack aircraft) · et õhutõrje (intended to attack aircraft) · pl przeciwlotniczy (intended to attack aircraft) · be зені́тны (intended to attack aircraft) · be проціпаве́траны (intended to attack aircraft) · bg противовъзду́шен (intended to attack aircraft) · ru противовозду́шный (intended to attack aircraft) · pt antiaéreo (intended to attack aircraft) · sl protiletalski (intended to attack aircraft) · da luftværns- (intended to attack aircraft) · sv luftvärns- (intended to attack aircraft) · cs protivzdušný (intended to attack aircraft) · sk protivzdušný (intended to attack aircraft) · de Flugabwehr- (intended to attack aircraft) · ru зени́тный (intended to attack aircraft) · ca antiaeri (intended to attack aircraft) · gl antiaéreo (intended to attack aircraft) · el αντιαεροπορικός (intended to attack aircraft) · sh protuzračan (intended to attack aircraft) · be зэні́тны (intended to attack aircraft) · es antiaéreo (intended to attack aircraft) · sk protiletecký (intended to attack aircraft) · hi जहाज़मार (intended to attack aircraft) · uk зені́тний (intended to attack aircraft) · sk protilietadlový (intended to attack aircraft) · it antiaereo (intended to attack aircraft)

anti-aircraft en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From anti- + aircraft.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Anti-aircraft artillery.
    • I am blacking out—ease the stick forward slightly—the sky is clear again—I turn out over water—reverse turn—there are antiaircraft on the island below—I reverse again—and again. 1944 June 3, Charles A. Lindbergh, The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1970, page 839:
  2. (countable, uncountable) An anti-aircraft artillery organization.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Anti-aircraft fire.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
anti-aircrafts Number=Plur lexicographic
antiaircraft alternative lexicographic
antaircraft alternative lexicographic
anti-aircraft Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

AAA · double-A · ack-ack · air defense · triple-A · air defence · Archie · AA

Translations (9)

es antiaéreo (anti-aircraft artillery) · cmn 高射炮 (anti-aircraft artillery) · ca antiaeri (anti-aircraft artillery) · pl artyleria przeciwlotnicza (anti-aircraft artillery) · fi ilmatorjuntatuli (anti-aircraft artillery) · ja 高射砲 (anti-aircraft artillery) · sv luftvärn (anti-aircraft artillery) · ro artilerie antiaeriană (anti-aircraft artillery) · hi जहाज़मार तोप (anti-aircraft artillery)