Definition of Antiaircraft fire

1. Noun. Firing at enemy aircraft.

Generic synonyms: Fire, Firing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiaircraft Fire

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antiaddictive
antiaditis
antiadministration
antiadrenergic
antiadvertising
antiae
antiageing
antiagglutinin
antiaggregant
antiaggregatory
antiaggression
antiaging
antiair
antiaircraft
antiaircraft fire (current term)
antiaircraft gun
antiaircrafts
antiairport
antialarmist
antialarmists
antialbumid
antialbumids
antialbuminuric
antialbumose
antialcohol
antialcoholism
antialexin
antialgae
antialgal

Literary usage of Antiaircraft fire

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Course in Exterior Ballistics: Ordnance Textbook by United States Army. Ordnance Dept (1921)
"At the time of writing this book the methods of computing differential corrections for antiaircraft fire are in such an unsettled state that it is thought ..."

2. Aviation in the U.S. Army, 1919-1939 by Maurer Maurer (1987)
"A-17s would lay smokescreens to reduce the accuracy of antiaircraft fire against bombing planes. Pursuit ships would intercept and attack bombers with ..."

3. Magnificent Fight: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island by Robert J. Cressman (1992)
"He attributed Wake's escape from more serious damage to the effectiveness of the Marines' antiaircraft fire — fire delivered despite the lack of fire ..."

4. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"The antiaircraft fire from the Naval vessels and the landing craft ... True said he was shot down by antiaircraft fire from one of our own landing craft. ..."

5. Aerial Interdiction: Air Power and the Land Battle in Three American Wars by Mark (1995)
"That another three AC-130s and as many AC-119s had been damaged by antiaircraft fire in March contributed to this decision.58 The effect of the North ..."

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