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antirocket en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + rocket.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Designed to prevent, or counterattack against, rocket fire
    • Some 200 were killed instantly, shocking Hamas and indeed all of Gaza, especially because Israel’s antirocket attacks in previous years had been more measured. 2009 January 19, Ethan Bronner, “Parsing Gains of Gaza War”, in New York Times:

Relateds

antimissile

Translations (3)

pt antifoguete (designed to prevent, or counterattack against, rocket fire) · pl antyrakietowy (designed to prevent, or counterattack against, rocket fire) · pt antifoguetes (designed to prevent, or counterattack against, rocket fire)