anti-tank
adjective
ˌan-tē-ˈtaŋk 
ˌan-tī-
variants
or antitank
: designed to destroy or check tanks
an anti-tank missile
antitank mines
Examples of anti-tank in a Sentence
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The defensive lines only include larger fortifications, such as long anti-tank ditches, and do not include smaller defenses like infantry trenches.
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Josh Holder, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Hezbollah is estimated to have upward of 150,000 rockets and missiles, in addition to drones and anti-tank, anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles, according to a Reuters report, citing data from the CIA.
—Matt Bradley, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
During a training exercise in southern Ukraine in May 2023, a drone pilot maneuvered a flier to a height of 100 meters before dropping a dummy anti-tank grenade on to a pile of tires.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
Iran encouraged the Shi’ite Muslim fighters of Lebanon’s Hezbollah to keep firing rockets and anti-tank shells at northern Israel since last October, compelling tens of thousands of Israelis to leave their homes and reside temporarily in hotels and communities many miles away.
—Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
The slats might help mitigate strikes by drones and handheld anti-tank weapons, but heavier munitions should blast right through.
—David Axe, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
An anti-tank missile fired into Margaliot on March 4 killed a farm laborer from India and injured seven more foreign workers, according to the Israeli military.
—Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
These include Stinger missiles to target aircraft, which Russia has increasingly used to support ground assaults, artillery rounds to keep Russian troops at bay and anti-tank weapons to repel mechanized assaults.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Since Hamas’ attack on Israel Oct. 7, raids on camps have increased tenfold, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) deploying snipers, anti-tank missiles, and drone-strike assassinations.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2024
Josh Holder, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Hezbollah is estimated to have upward of 150,000 rockets and missiles, in addition to drones and anti-tank, anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles, according to a Reuters report, citing data from the CIA.
—Matt Bradley, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
During a training exercise in southern Ukraine in May 2023, a drone pilot maneuvered a flier to a height of 100 meters before dropping a dummy anti-tank grenade on to a pile of tires.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
Iran encouraged the Shi’ite Muslim fighters of Lebanon’s Hezbollah to keep firing rockets and anti-tank shells at northern Israel since last October, compelling tens of thousands of Israelis to leave their homes and reside temporarily in hotels and communities many miles away.
—Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
The slats might help mitigate strikes by drones and handheld anti-tank weapons, but heavier munitions should blast right through.
—David Axe, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
An anti-tank missile fired into Margaliot on March 4 killed a farm laborer from India and injured seven more foreign workers, according to the Israeli military.
—Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
These include Stinger missiles to target aircraft, which Russia has increasingly used to support ground assaults, artillery rounds to keep Russian troops at bay and anti-tank weapons to repel mechanized assaults.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Since Hamas’ attack on Israel Oct. 7, raids on camps have increased tenfold, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) deploying snipers, anti-tank missiles, and drone-strike assassinations.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2024
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