antihelicopter
English
editEtymology
editFrom anti- + helicopter.
Adjective
editantihelicopter (not comparable)
- (military) Intended for use against helicopters.
- 2006, Norman Youngblood, The development of mine warfare: a most murderous and barbarous conduct:
- 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.
- 2009 August 9, Nicola Clark, “In Some Prison Breaks Across Europe, Helicopters Replace the File in the Cake”, in New York Times[1]:
- Britain, which has not experienced a helicopter escape since the late 1970s, has been more aggressive about installing antihelicopter nets in its prisons.
Translations
editintended for use against helicopters
|