Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Designed for combat or defense against armored vehicles, especially tanks.
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- adjective military Referring to weapons or tactics for attacking
tanks or other armored vehicles.
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- adjective designed for defense against armored vehicles
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dismounted infantry squads and engineers lead in maneuver against constructed antitank defenses (such as antitank ditches and abatises), across defended water obstacles, through heavy woods, within built-up areas, and in mountainous terrain.
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Also, to fight what the Pentagon is calling "complex, hybrid wars" in which adversaries combine guerrilla tactics with conventional weapons such as antitank guided missiles.
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Also, to fight what the Pentagon is calling "complex, hybrid wars" in which adversaries combine guerrilla tactics with conventional weapons such as antitank guided missiles.
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Also, to fight what the Pentagon is calling "complex, hybrid wars" in which adversaries combine guerrilla tactics with conventional weapons such as antitank guided missiles.
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Also, to fight what the Pentagon is calling "complex, hybrid wars" in which adversaries combine guerrilla tactics with conventional weapons such as antitank guided missiles.
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Rebel reinforcements set up gun emplacements and antitank batteries.
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In the eastern city of Brega, meantime, rebel reinforcements set up gun emplacements and antitank batteries.
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In early March, Taliban militiamen used dynamite, antiaircraft guns and antitank mines to bring the 1,400-year-old masterpieces crashing to the valley floor.
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Over the past decade, the U.S. military has built a large fleet of remotely piloted aircraft, including armed Predators that can fire antitank missiles and Global Hawks that take detailed pictures from high altitudes.
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Anti-Gadhafi forces consolidated their westernmost positions in the oil-refinery town of Brega on Thursday with gun emplacements and antitank batteries, a day after repulsing an offensive by pro-Gadhafi forces.
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