flak
Verbal bombs incoming
Flak is anti-aircraft fire—shells exploding around planes to bring them down.
From this comes the figurative sense: heavy criticism or opposition directed at someone.
The mayor took flak for the proposal.
She's catching flak from all sides.
A flak jacket protects against shrapnel.
A flak (also flack) is a publicist or press agent.
Transferred thermal energy
- fireCombustion with flames
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
disapproval · rebuke · reproach · outcry · attack · blame · denunciation · objection
Antiaircraft gunfire
- air defenseProtection from aerial attack
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- gunfireDischarge of weapons
shrapnel · burst · tracer · bomber · evasion · chaff · flares · gunner
Sleeveless upper-body garment
- armorProtective combat covering
- protectionGuarding against harm
- KevlarProtective synthetic fiber
- bulletproofResistant to gunfire
ballistic · body armor · tactical · shrapnel · military · gear · protective · combat
heat
Transferred thermal energy
condemnation · disapproval · rebuke · reproach · outcry · attack · blame · denunciation · objection · complaint
ack-ack
Antiaircraft gunfire
- air defenseProtection from aerial attack
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
gunfire · shrapnel · burst · tracer · bomber · evasion · chaff · flares · gunner · battery
vest
Sleeveless upper-body garment
- armorProtective combat covering
- protectionGuarding against harm
- KevlarProtective synthetic fiber
bulletproof · ballistic · body armor · tactical · shrapnel · military · gear · protective · combat · shield
- military equipmenttanks, assault rifle, missiles, grenade, submarines
- defenseswall, walls, fence, gate, barrier
- German Wordsdie, in, an, auf, von
- D-DayD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Gold Beach
- air raidsair raid, air strike, bombing, raid, bomb
- air warfareair strike, airstrike, bombing runs, air raid, dive bombing
flakpraise
Expression of approval
acclaim · support · compliment · commendation · applause
flakcover
Protect by overlaying
protection · support · defense · shield · backing
flaksupport
To uphold or sustain
assistance · backing · cooperation · help · encouragement
- flak jacketTorso armor against projectiles
- catching flak
- take the flakReceive hostile criticism
- heavy flak
- Roberta Flack
- flak gunAnti-aircraft artillery piece