antihelicopter

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ helicopter.

Adjective

antihelicopter (not comparable)

1. (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

intended for use against helicopters

• Portuguese: anti-helicóptero, anti-helicópteros