How to Use antiaircraft in a Sentence

antiaircraft

noun
  • And for about an hour there was antiaircraft firing all over the place.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Elgin flew when antiaircraft was legal and there was no such thing as giving up a layup.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Rugu forest had seized an antiaircraft gun in a clash with a military unit.
    — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Russia claimed that the booms from the strike were the sound of successful antiaircraft fire.
    — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Those include more antiaircraft guns acquired since the mission to buy one back.
    — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Two artillery pieces and an antiaircraft weapon were destroyed, the statement said, and a tank damaged.
    — Nicholas Blanford, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2017
  • One night, she was ordered to go on the rooftop and shine a beacon on Allied bombers so antiaircraft guns could shoot them down.
    — WSJ, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Jittery Angelenos sat in the dark, rattled by sounds of sirens and antiaircraft fire.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Stinger antiaircraft missiles could also be valuable for staving off the Chinese air force.
    — New York Times, 25 May 2022
  • Ukraine has its own air force, which remains largely intact, and modern antiaircraft systems.
    — New York Times, 22 Mar. 2022
  • These outposts were intended to be manned by British seamen armed with antiaircraft weaponry.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
  • Ukraine’s allies, led by the United States and Britain, have stepped up their supplies of tanks and antiaircraft weapons.
    — Doyle McManuswashington Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Devitt dropped his own plane to near tree-top level to avoid antiaircraft fire, breaking out over Utah Beach moments later.
    — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Lancers are not stealthy, so they have been built to be maneuverable enough to dodge antiaircraft missiles—or flying kaiju, if that becomes an issue.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The older teachers, including the rector, who helped operate an antiaircraft gun in the war, sided with him.
    — James Angelos, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017
  • During the next two months, 50 drones recorded 31 hits on other antiaircraft sites, bridges, airfields and ships that had run aground.
    — Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine, 18 Feb. 2017
  • Syrian regime forces hit one of the Israeli F-16s with antiaircraft fire.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Some put the failure down to the cheap antiaircraft missiles Western militaries have supplied to Kyiv.
    — Brad Lendon and Ivan Watson, CNN, 31 May 2022
  • Officers were housed in a one-story structure atop the deck, which also featured antiaircraft guns and a kitchen, while crew quarters were in the concrete supports.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
  • True to her name, Flak-Bait returned home from nearly every mission with holes punctured in its metal skin from antiaircraft fire, or flak.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2020
  • But before graduation he was told there were too many antiaircraft officers and was sent back to the 320th for training as a medic.
    — Washington Post, 4 July 2019
  • If the Russian site is a potential target that requires antiaircraft defenses, what does that make the ruins?
    — Andrew E. Kramer and Sewell Chan, New York Times, 18 May 2016
  • For its part, Germany has given up on getting the antiaircraft ammunition from Brazil.
    — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • But fearing retribution, Joseph joined the Hitler Youth, as did many other teenagers, and was assigned to an antiaircraft brigade.
    — Henry Chudeputy News Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The United States has been strongly opposed, fearing that antiaircraft weapons could fall into the hands of the country’s extremist groups.
    — Erin Cunningham, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2018
  • Searchlights beamed into the orange and black nighttime sky while two crew members stood on deck, watching as British antiaircraft guns fired away at German fighters buzzing past like a swarm of bees.
    — Doug Most august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Abut a year later, while on his first combat mission over Wake Island, his bomber was hit by antiaircraft fire and was almost shot down on Christmas Day.
    — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Such third-party transfers include anti-armor and antiaircraft systems, according to the list reviewed by The Post.
    — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The three men found guilty—two Russians and one Ukrainian—were involved in the deployment of the Buk antiaircraft missile launcher used to shoot down the jet, the court said.
    — Isabel Coles, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The attack was successfully repelled—Russian forces were able to shoot down seven of the drones with antiaircraft missiles and were able to commandeer six more toward a safe landing.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 16 Nov. 2018

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