Definitions
artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
Word origin
Borrowed from German FlaK, short for Fliegerabwehrkanone (“anti airplane cannon”).
Used in a sentence
“Another peculiar modern development is that of […] military abbreviations in army orders such as Flak ('Fliegerabwehrkanone' or 'archie')[.]”
“He was promoted to general of flak artillery on March 1, 1945, and ended the war as the general of the flak arm at OKL, the High Command of the Luftwaffe.”
“At 1057 we were just over the islands and at 1100 the tail gunner reported flak at six o'clock, below.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Anti-aircraft gunfire”4 letters
02“Antiaircraft fire”4 letters
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