anti-aircraft

== English == === Alternative forms === antaircraft (rare) antiaircraft === Etymology === From anti- +‎ aircraft. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === anti-aircraft (not comparable) (military) Intended to attack aircraft. ==== Usage notes ==== The hyphenated form is more common in the British corpus while the solid form is more common in the American corpus. GPO manual item 6.29. recommends to spell anti- prefixed words without a hyphen unless an overriding consideration applies. ==== Synonyms ==== AA, double-A AAA, triple-A ack-ack air-defense, air-defence anti-air surface-to-air ==== Translations ==== === Noun === anti-aircraft (countable and uncountable, plural anti-aircraft or anti-aircrafts) (military) Anti-aircraft artillery. (military) An anti-aircraft artillery organization. (military) Anti-aircraft fire. ==== Synonyms ==== AA, double-A AAA, triple-A ack-ack air defense, air defence Archie ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Anti-aircraft warfare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia