Definition of antiaircraft
: designed for or concerned with defense against air attack
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First Known Use of antiaircraft
1913
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Definition of antiaircraft
: antiaircraft guns or their fire
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China claims full sovereignty over the sea and has built fully functional military facilities complete with airfields and antiaircraft defenses on some islands.
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China claims full sovereignty over the sea and has built fully functional military facilities complete with airfields and antiaircraft defenses on some island chains.
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In the Paracels and Spratlys, China has built up a number of small islands into fully functional military facilities complete with airfields and antiaircraft defenses.
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In the Paracels and Spratlys, China has built up a number of small islands into fully functional military facilities complete with airfields and antiaircraft defenses.
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In the Paracels and Spratlys, China has built up a number of small islands into fully functional military facilities complete with airfields and antiaircraft defenses.
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In the Paracels and Spratlys, China has built up a number of small islands into fully functional military facilities complete with airfields and antiaircraft defenses.
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The 164 acre site north of Route 45 and west of Milwaukee Avenue was previously used as an antiaircraft missile defense site during the Cold War.
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Two artillery pieces and an antiaircraft weapon were destroyed, the statement said, and a tank damaged.
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First Known Use of antiaircraft
1915
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playDefinition of antiaircraft for English Language Learners
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: used for defense against military aircraft
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