anti-smoke

adjective

an·​ti-smoke
ˌan-tē-ˈsmōk,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-smoke (audio)
variants or antismoke
: opposing or acting against smoke or smoking
an anti-smoke mask
anti-smoke campaigns

Examples of anti-smoke in a Sentence

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Just before Black Tuesday, Joseph Pulitzer II, publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, had launched his own anti-smoke newspaper campaign seeking fundamental change. Robert Wyss, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-smoke was in 1841

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“Anti-smoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-smoke. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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