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flak
[ flak ]
noun
- antiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed.
- criticism; hostile reaction; abuse:
Such an unpopular decision is bound to draw a lot of flak from the press.
flak
/ flæk /
noun
- anti-aircraft fire or artillery
- informal.a great deal of adverse criticism
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Origin of flak1
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Example Sentences
It felt to me like a plane flying through the flak of an economy.
You fired off a tweet about ISIS recently that got you some flak.
They looked younger now than when weighed down in camouflage, flak jackets and helmets.
When NYC Prep premiered, it got a lot of flak for the sheer gall of its unreality.
He was bare armed under a protective jacket a jail official termed “a kind of flak jacket.”
High Command in England thought the Germans might have come up with a new weapon as no flak or enemy fighters were seen.
It was a tough mission because the flak was so heavy and the other defenses were greater because the factories were important.
As one of the boys in the bomber crew had been hit in the knee by flak, he had it all wrapped up in bloody cloths.
I'll take you right down on top of them, and nuts to their flak fire.
Stan went straight toward the hill, flying low to keep out of the flak.
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