Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective designed for or used for defense against attack by aircraft.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
antiaircraft .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
- adjective designed for defense from a surface position against air attack
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Examples
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Supersonic shrapnel tore through the wing and left it resembling what an Airbus official has described as anti-aircraft fire.
Reuters: Top News 2012
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Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Gates and other U.S. military leaders have quite rightly thrown cold water on the prospect of any significant Western military intervention, including a "no fly zone," which, as U.S. military leaders have rightly pointed out, would not simply be a matter of waving your magic wand and saying "no plane flying for you," but would require bombing Libya's extensive anti-aircraft missile capabilities in order to let U.S. planes own the sky.
Robert Naiman: In Libya, Diplomacy Could Save Lives and the World Economy Robert Naiman 2011
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Military trucks and weapons like anti-aircraft guns were concealed in some instances with tree branches and brush.
Heavy Fighting Flares Across Eastern Libya as Delegation Arrives Sam Dagher 2011
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On Monday, rebels held positions at the western gates of the city, on the fringes of desert littered with bullet casings, scraps of metal and more than a dozen blackened or overturned vehicles, including tanks and pickups outfitted with anti-aircraft guns.
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Next to him, 21-year-old engineering student Mohamed Abdelghadi sat atop an anti-aircraft gun that he said he only learned how to operate four days earlier.
Rebel Pledge: 'Die Here If We Must' Yaroslov Trofimov 2011
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On Saturday, a NATO airstrike hit a rebel position near Brega, killing 13 rebel fighters, after NATO mistook celebratory rebel fire for anti-aircraft guns, according to rebel officers.
Friendly Fire Raises Tensions in Libya Charles Levinson 2011
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Trained rebels flew through the checkpoints in pickups mounted with anti-aircraft weapons.
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An Associated Press reporter, who was escorted with other journalists into the city on Friday, said the city was clearly in government control, with Libyan soldiers manning tanks and trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns.
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Trained rebels flew through the checkpoints in pickups mounted with anti-aircraft weapons.
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Ragtag rebel militiamen cruised the streets in pickup trucks with mounted anti-aircraft guns, unloading random volleys into the sky whenever they thought they spotted government aircraft.
Rebel Pledge: 'Die Here If We Must' Yaroslov Trofimov 2011
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