anti-aircraft

/ ˌæntɪˈɛəkrɑːft /

noun

1. (modifier) of or relating to defence against aircraft attack

   anti-aircraft batteries

Example Sentences

Like a bartender making the modern version of the French 75 itself — a WWI-era cocktail saluting the anti-aircraft gun that helped the Allied forces win the war — Anderson knows you can change key ingredients, grenadine for champagne, the DEA for ICE, while still giving the Man a headache.

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An Azerbaijani Airlines plane crashed with the loss of 38 lives last December - apparently shot down by mistake by a Russian anti-aircraft missile.

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They are met by anti-aircraft fire – which is mostly ineffective.

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"The sounds of the drones and the anti-aircraft missiles remind me of the first days of the war in el-Geneina."

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Mr Morris joined the Army at the age of 17 and during the war served as an anti-aircraft gunner in the Royal Artillery.

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