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antiaircraft

DEFINITIONS OF: antiaircraft

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adj designed for defense from a surface position against air attack

Synonyms
defensive
intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack

n artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

Synonyms:
ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft gun, flack, flak, pom-pom
Types:
Bofors gun
an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun
Type of:
gun
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
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