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• Antiaircraft artillery — n. method of fighting against aircraft (using cannons or Surface to air Missile), AAA …   English contemporary dictionary

• artillery — /ahr til euh ree/, n. 1. mounted projectile firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms. 2. the troops or the branch of an army concerned with the use and service of such weapons. 3.… …   Universalium

• antiaircraft — /an tee air kraft , krahft , an tuy /, adj. 1. designed for or used in defense against enemy aircraft. n. 2. artillery used against enemy aircraft. 3. a military organization operating and servicing antiaircraft artillery. 4. shellfire from… …   Universalium

• antiaircraft — 1. adjective Intended to attack aircraft. Syn: AA, double A, AAA, triple A, ack ack, air defence, air defense, anti air 2. noun a) Antiaircraft artillery …   Wiktionary

• antiaircraft gun — Artillery piece fired from the ground or shipboard in defense against aerial attack. They were first used in combat in World War I, when field artillery were converted to antiaircraft use by mountings that enabled them to fire nearly vertically.… …   Universalium

• artillery — n. antiaircraft; coast; field; heavy; light; long range; medium; self propelled artillery * * * [ɑː tɪl(ə)rɪ] coast field heavy light long range medium self propelled artillery antiaircraft …   Combinatory dictionary

• antiaircraft gun — noun artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes • Syn: ↑antiaircraft, ↑flak, ↑flack, ↑pom pom, ↑ack ack, ↑ack ack gun • Derivationally related forms: ↑antiaircraft ( …   Useful english dictionary

• artillery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cannon, ordnance. See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Heavy orDNAnce] Syn. gunnery, orDNAnce, mounted guns, cannons, missile launchers; see also cannon , munitions . 2. [The branch of the service that… …   English dictionary for students

• antiaircraft — I noun artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes • Syn: ↑antiaircraft gun, ↑flak, ↑flack, ↑pom pom, ↑ack ack, ↑ack ack gun • Hypernyms: ↑gun …   Useful english dictionary

• antiaircraft — an•ti•air•craft [[t]ˌæn tiˈɛərˌkræft, ˌkrɑft, ˌæn taɪ [/t]] adj. 1) mil designed for or used in defense against enemy aircraft 2) mil artillery used against enemy aircraft • Etymology: 1910–15 …   From formal English to slang

• 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (United States) — Infobox Military Unit unit name=4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment caption= dates= 1821 06 01 Present country=USA branch=Regular Army type=Air Defense Artillery role= size=Regiment command structure= current commander= garrison= ceremonial chief …   Wikipedia