anti-aircraft barrage

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• Anti-aircraft warfare — Anti aircraft warfare, or air defense, is any method of engaging hostile military aircraft in defence of ground objectives, ground or naval forces or denial of passage through a specific airspace region, area or anti aircraft combat zone [ The… …   Wikipedia

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• barrage — [[t]bæ̱rɑːʒ, AM bərɑ͟ːʒ[/t]] barrages, barraging, barraged (Pronounced [[t]bɑ͟ːrɪʤ[/t]] for meaning 4 in American English.) 1) N COUNT A barrage is continuous firing on an area with large guns and tanks. The artillery barrage on the city centre… …   English dictionary

• barrage — bar|rage1 [ˈbæra:ʒ US bəˈra:ʒ] n 1.) [C usually singular] the continuous firing of guns, dropping of bombs etc, especially to protect soldiers as they move towards an enemy barrage of ▪ a barrage of anti aircraft fire 2.) [singular] a lot of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• barrage — 1 noun 1 (countable usually singular) the continuous firing of guns, especially large heavy guns, to protect soldiers as they move toward an enemy: a barrage of anti aircraft fire 2 (singular) a lot of questions, comments etc, that are said at… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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