flak

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  1. noun Antiaircraft artillery.
  2. noun The bursting shells fired from such artillery.
  3. noun Informal Excessive or abusive criticism.

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  • Here especially the flak is extraordinarily heavy, the sorties are difficult. —  THE BANTAM WAR BOOK SERIES
  • The heavier the flak, the quicker my tactics develop. —  THE BANTAM WAR BOOK SERIES
  • The Americans had not reckoned with flak, and as it is certainly no part of their program not to return today, they turn away without any material success in search of easier prey. —  THE BANTAM WAR BOOK SERIES
  • We are further handicapped by the loss of a number of aircraft shot down by flak, and supplies and replacements leave much to be desired. —  THE BANTAM WAR BOOK SERIES
  • One of our quadruple-flak is still in position on the hill. —  Panzer Aces
 

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  1. German, from Fl(ieger)a(bwehr)k(anone), aircraft-defense gun.
 

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