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antipirate

antipirate adjective: opposing or countering pirates.

Adjective

antipirate (not comparable)

  1. Opposing or countering pirates.
    • The Rasulids kept the southern coast under loose control up to Dhofar, even holding Hadramawt to some extent and maintaining an antipirate squadron.1974, Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 29

Origin of antipirate

From anti- + pirate.

Questions about antipirate

What does antipirate mean?
Antipirate means opposing or countering pirates.
What part of speech is antipirate?
Antipirate is an adjective.

Words near antipirate in the dictionary

  1. antipilling
  2. antipimonidazole
  3. antipion
  4. antipions
  5. antipiracy
  6. antipirate
  7. antipirating
  8. antipiroplasmic
  9. antipitting
  10. antiplacebo
  11. antiplacebos

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