flaknoun [ U ]
also flack uk/flæk/us/flæk/flak noun [ U ] (CRITICISM)
informal strong criticism or opposition:
She took/caught some flak from her parents about her new dress.
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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flak noun [ U ] (FIRING OF GUNS)
the firing of guns from the ground at enemy aircraft, or the bullets, etc. that the guns fire:
They flew into heavy flak over the target area.
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Detonation & bombardment
- air raid
- airstrike
- blanket bombing
- blitz
- blitz
- detonator
- direct hit
- dive-bomb
- firebomb
- first strike
- go off
- mine
- saturation bombing
- shoot
- shoot sth down
- shooting
- strafe
- strike
- strike home idiom
- torpedo
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