antihelicopter en · ADJ
Etymology
From anti- + helicopter.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Intended for use against helicopters.
Britain, which has not experienced a helicopter escape since the late 1970s, has been more aggressive about installing antihelicopter nets in its prisons.
2009 August 9, Nicola Clark, “In Some Prison Breaks Across Europe, Helicopters Replace the File in the Cake”, in New York Times:Perhaps one of the most ingenious antihelicopter mines was constructed by planting a group of pressure-sensitive mines in a potential landing zone and then covering the mines with a sheet of metal.
2006, Norman Youngblood, The development of mine warfare: a most murderous and barbarous conduct:
Translations (2)
pt anti-helicóptero (intended for use against helicopters) · pt anti-helicópteros (intended for use against helicopters)