Antiaircraft Gun (Noun)
Meaning
Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The military base was equipped with a range of antiaircraft guns to protect against aerial attacks.
- During World War II, antiaircraft guns were a crucial part of a country's defense system.
- The antiaircraft gun emplacement was heavily fortified to withstand enemy fire.
- The new antiaircraft gun system was designed to track and engage multiple targets simultaneously.
- The sound of antiaircraft guns firing filled the air as the enemy planes approached the city.