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anti-aircraft

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Intended to attack aircraft.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Anti-aircraft artillery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An anti-aircraft artillery organization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Anti-aircraft fire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From anti- + aircraft.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հակաօդային (hakaōdayin) — intended to attack aircraft
  • Belarusian: проціпаве́траны (procipavjétrany) — intended to attack aircraft
  • Belarusian: супрацьпаве́траны (supracʹpavjétrany) — intended to attack aircraft
  • Belarusian: зені́тны (zjenítny) — intended to attack aircraft
  • Belarusian: зэні́тны (zenítny) — intended to attack aircraft
  • Bulgarian: противовъзду́шен (protivovǎzdúšen) — intended to attack aircraft
  • Catalan: antiaeri — intended to attack aircraft
  • Czech: protiletadlový — intended to attack aircraft
  • Czech: protiletecký — intended to attack aircraft
  • Czech: protivzdušný — intended to attack aircraft
  • Danish: luftværns- — intended to attack aircraft
  • Estonian: õhutõrje — intended to attack aircraft
  • Finnish: ilmatorjunta- — intended to attack aircraft
  • French: anti-aérien — intended to attack aircraft
  • Galician: antiaéreo — intended to attack aircraft
  • German: Flugabwehr- — intended to attack aircraft
  • Greek: αντιαεροπορικός (antiaeroporikós) — intended to attack aircraft
  • Hindi: जहाज़मार (jahāzmār) — intended to attack aircraft
  • Italian: antiaereo — intended to attack aircraft
  • Macedonian: противвоздушен (protivvozdušen) — intended to attack aircraft
  • Polish: przeciwlotniczy — intended to attack aircraft
  • Portuguese: antiaéreo — intended to attack aircraft
  • Romanian: antiaerian — intended to attack aircraft
  • Russian: противовозду́шный (protivovozdúšnyj) — intended to attack aircraft
  • Russian: зени́тный (zenítnyj) — intended to attack aircraft
  • Serbo-Croatian: protuzračan — intended to attack aircraft
  • Serbo-Croatian: protivvazdušan — intended to attack aircraft
  • Slovak: protilietadlový — intended to attack aircraft
  • Slovak: protiletecký — intended to attack aircraft
  • Slovak: protivzdušný — intended to attack aircraft
  • Slovene: protiletalski — intended to attack aircraft
  • Slovene: protizračen — intended to attack aircraft
  • Spanish: antiaéreo — intended to attack aircraft
  • Swedish: luftvärns- — intended to attack aircraft
  • Turkish: uçaksavar — intended to attack aircraft
  • Ukrainian: протипові́тря́ний (protypovítrjányj) — intended to attack aircraft
  • Ukrainian: зені́тний (zenítnyj) — intended to attack aircraft
  • Catalan: antiaeri — anti-aircraft artillery
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高射炮 (gāoshèpào) — anti-aircraft artillery
  • Finnish: ilmatorjuntatuli — anti-aircraft artillery
  • Hindi: जहाज़मार तोप (jahāzmār top) — anti-aircraft artillery
  • Japanese: 高射砲 (kōshahō) — anti-aircraft artillery
  • Polish: artyleria przeciwlotnicza — anti-aircraft artillery
  • Romanian: artilerie antiaeriană — anti-aircraft artillery
  • Spanish: antiaéreo — anti-aircraft artillery
  • Swedish: luftvärn — anti-aircraft artillery
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