antishipping

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See also: anti-shipping

English

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Etymology 1

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From anti- +‎ shipping.

Adjective

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antishipping (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly military) Countering shipping.
    • 1927, Ernest Hurst Cherrington, The Anti-saloon League Year Book, page 99:
      [] and passed an antishipping liquor law which prohibits the carrying or shipping of liquors for beverage purposes []
    • 2012, Walter J. Boyne, Clash of Wings: World War II in the Air:
      The Luftwaffe also conducted antishipping offensive operations, which ranged over vast areas, from France to far out over the Atlantic in great operational arcs emanating from Germany and Norway.
  2. (fandom slang) The activities of anti-shippers
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Etymology 2

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From antiship +‎ -ing.

Verb

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antishipping

  1. (fandom slang) present participle and gerund of antiship