anti-tank

adjective

ˌan-tē-ˈtaŋk How to pronounce anti-tank (audio)
ˌan-tī-
variants or antitank
: designed to destroy or check tanks
an anti-tank missile
antitank mines

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Some 55,000 anti-personnel and anti-tank mines were placed around the naval base, creating the second-largest minefield in the world. Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025 Dragon’s teeth anti-tank fortifications near the Latvian border with Russia in August last year. Alexander Smith, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025 The Pentagon will send Ukraine an additional $725 million in military assistance from its stockpiles, including anti-personnel land mines, drones, portable antiaircraft missiles and anti-tank missiles. John Ismay, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2024 Similar warnings echo 150 miles southeast, among officers in a Ukrainian anti-tank unit in the Pokrovsk region, where Russian forces have been advancing for months. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for anti-tank 

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-tank was in 1916

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“Anti-tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-tank. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

antitank

adjective
an·​ti·​tank
ˌant-i-ˈtaŋk
: designed to destroy or stop tanks
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