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ack-acknoun(military slang) Antiaircraft artillery.
antiaircraftnounAlternative spelling of anti-aircraft. [(military) Intended to attack aircraft.]
pom-pomnoun(military) A rapid-firing small-calibre cannon used especially as an anti-aircraft gun.
firenoun(uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
blastnounA violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
flak catchernounA person whose job is to conduct public relations by shielding a more prominent person by intercepting and deflecting complaints and criticism.
attacknounAn attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
ack-ack gunnounartillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
antiaircraft firenounfiring at enemy aircraft
antiaircraft gunnounartillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
unifacialHaving, or showing, a single face.
bifacialHaving two faces or opposing surfaces.
flakynoun(informal, of a person) Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
flakeynounAlternative spelling of flaky. [Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.]
flakelikenounResembling or characteristic of a flake.
shiverynounGiven to shivering; tending to shiver.
crumblyEasy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable.
shatterynounEasily shattered; not compact; loose of texture; brittle.
crispnounSenses relating to something brittle.
brittleInflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact; crackly.

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