Antonyms for flak

Grammar : Noun

Spell : flak

Phonetic Transcription : flæk

Definition of flak

Origin : 1938, from German Flak, condensed from Fliegerabwehrkanone, literally "pilot warding-off cannon." Sense of "anti-aircraft fire" is 1940; metaphoric sense of "criticism" is c.1963 in American English.

noun complaint, criticism

Example sentences :

Sim's ship had picked up a small piece of flak, but it had done no damage.
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery

Stan laid over and made a sweep, ducking in and out of the flak.
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery

Over the estuary of the Rhine River Stan met his first flak.
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery

I'll take you right down on top of them, and nuts to their flak fire.
Extract from : « Dave Dawson at Truk » by Robert Sydney Bowen

There were flak towers, but they were too dangerous and we all flew around them.
Extract from : « The Biography of a Rabbit » by Roy Benson

The long missions with flak and enemy fighters were the ones we dreaded.
Extract from : « The Biography of a Rabbit » by Roy Benson

We never worried about the flak much because we could normally avoid it.
Extract from : « The Biography of a Rabbit » by Roy Benson

The woman had mentioned that Flak was at least on terms of acquaintanceship with Mr Tubes.
Extract from : « The Secret of the League » by Ernest Bramah

Flake′-white, the purest white-lead for painting, in the form of scales or plates; Flak′iness.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various

Once in awhile we lost a fighter plane to flak, but usually it was to enemy fighters.
Extract from : « The Biography of a Rabbit » by Roy Benson

Synonyms for flak

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