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antihelicopter

antihelicopter adjective: intended for use against helicopters.

Adjective

antihelicopter (not comparable)

  1. Intended for use against helicopters.
    • Perhaps one of the most ingenious antihelicopter mines was constructed by planting a group of pressure-sensitive mines in a potential landing zone and then covering the mines with a sheet of metal.2006, Norman Youngblood, The development of mine warfare: a most murderous and barbarous conduct
    • Britain, which has not experienced a helicopter escape since the late 1970s, has been more aggressive about installing antihelicopter nets in its prisons.2009 August 9, Nicola Clark, “In Some Prison Breaks Across Europe, Helicopters Replace the File in the Cake”, in New York Times

Origin of antihelicopter

From anti- + helicopter.

Questions about antihelicopter

What does antihelicopter mean?
Antihelicopter means intended for use against helicopters.
What part of speech is antihelicopter?
Antihelicopter is an adjective.

Words near antihelicopter in the dictionary

  1. antihegemonist
  2. antihegemonists
  3. antihegemony
  4. antihelicase
  5. antihelices
  6. antihelicopter
  7. antihelion
  8. antihelions
  9. antihelium
  10. antihelix
  11. antihelixes

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