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antirocket

adj

Etymology

From anti- + rocket.

  1. derived from *rukkô✻ — “a distaff, a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it, used in spinning thread”
  2. derived from *rokkō✻
  3. derived from rocko — “spinning wheel”
  4. derived from rocchetta
  5. prefixed as antirocket — “anti + rocket”

Definitions

  1. Designed to prevent, or counterattack against, rocket fire

    • Some 200 were killed instantly, shocking Hamas and indeed all of Gaza, especially because Israel’s antirocket attacks in previous years had been more measured.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA