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anticarrier

anticarrier adjective: countering aircraft carriers.

Adjective

anticarrier (not comparable)

  1. Countering aircraft carriers.
    • Anticarrier warfare has been a major theme in Soviet naval development, operations, and exercises since the mid-1950s. The Soviet approach to this problem has been to try to outrange U.S. aircraft carriers […]1986, Bruce W. Watson, Susan M. Watson, The Soviet Navy: strengths and liabilities, page 143
    • Anticarrier operations received a substantial boost in effectiveness with the advent of fast nuclear boats armed with long-range anti-shipping missiles.2007, Paul E. Fontenoy, Submarines: An Illustrated History of Their Impact, page 52

Origin of anticarrier

From anti- + carrier.

Questions about anticarrier

What does anticarrier mean?
Anticarrier means countering aircraft carriers.
What part of speech is anticarrier?
Anticarrier is an adjective.

Words near anticarrier in the dictionary

  1. anticariogenic
  2. anticariogenicity
  3. anticarious
  4. anticarminative
  5. anticarnivorous
  6. anticarrier
  7. anticars
  8. anticartel
  9. anticasino
  10. anticaspase
  11. anticaste

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