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flak
[flak]
noun
antiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed.
criticism; hostile reaction; abuse.
Such an unpopular decision is bound to draw a lot of flak from the press.
flak
/ ڱæ /
noun
anti-aircraft fire or artillery
informala great deal of adverse criticism
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of flak1
Example Sentences
“You Jews better take that money you stole from us and start investing in flak jackets,” Smith said while closing his eyes and reciting one of the letters from memory.
I am delighted for Ange because some of the flak he has taken has been extraordinarily over the top.
They have survived the flak that flew after despicable violence in matches from the wild west years.
"I do have to deal with quite a lot of incoming, what you would have called flak in the olden days, but now they call it trolling," he said.
Footage verified by the BBC showed injured people - two wearing blue UN flak jackets - arriving at a hospital in an ambulance and a UN car.
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