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antishipping en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From anti- + shipping.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Countering shipping.
   • The Luftwaffe also conducted antishipping offensive operations, which ranged over vast areas, from France to far out over the Atlantic in great operational arcs emanating from Germany and Norway. 2012, Walter J. Boyne, Clash of Wings: World War II in the Air:
   • […] and passed an antishipping liquor law which prohibits the carrying or shipping of liquors for beverage purposes […] 1927, Ernest Hurst Cherrington, The Anti-saloon League Year Book, page 99:
2. (not-comparable, slang) The activities of antishippers.

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Relateds

proshipping · antiship · anti-ship · antishipper · anti-shipper · proship · anti-shipped · pro-shipping · pro-shipper · proshipped · antishipped · pro-shipped · proshipper · pro-ship

antishipping en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present, slang) present participle and gerund of antiship
   form of antiship

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