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US
/ˌæntaɪˈɛɹˌkɹæft/
]
[ UK /ˌæntɪˈeəkɹɑːft/ ]
[ UK /ˌæntɪˈeəkɹɑːft/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- designed for defense from a surface position against air attack
NOUN
- artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
How To Use antiaircraft In A Sentence
- Associated Press A Libyan rebel mans an antiaircraft gun on Sunday while fellow fighters load ammunition at an intersection just outside the oil city of Brega as they await a signal to advance. Libya Rebels Tap Army Defectors
- The antiaircraft guns at Hamburg were not firing at individual aircraft, but instead were set up to fire in predetermined grid blocks over the target we were to bomb. Our Unforgettable Mission
- The trip north passed bombed antiaircraft guns, empty foxholes and berms dug for tanks that had been abandoned by armed forces.
- I had a 26-inch IC barrel for pheasant, and I provided entertainment for zig-zagging doves by wasting a few boxes in "antiaircraft fire", but the best I ever shot at the skeet range was 19 out of 25 with a borrowed Franchi O/U 20 gauge! Feathers vs Clay
- The degree of accuracy will have great effect on the result of antiaircraft battle.
- They comprised 220 combat aircraft, including 80 fighter-bombers and 120 fighters, more than 100 SAM missile systems and 700 antiaircraft artillery guns.
- For example, a night fight against kamikazes during battle for Okinawa, with antiaircraft shells and tracers and exploding airplanes lighting up the sky, is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen on film.
- Later, the ten fast battleships were in advance of their foreign contemporaries in mounting dual-purpose secondary batteries effective against both antisurface and antiaircraft targets.
- Does he have any antiaircraft or antiship capability? Gideon’s war
- The autonomy, deterrent force, anti- jamming and reliability are several important problems for the design of radar seekers of antiaircraft missile.