designed to immobilize or destroy armoured vehicles
antitank weapons
Abbreviation: ATK
antitank in American English
(ˌæntaɪˈtæŋk; ˌæntiˈtæŋk; ˌæntɪˈtæŋk)
adjective
for use against tanks in war
antitank in American English
(ˌæntiˈtæŋk, ˌæntai-)
adjective
Military
designed for use against tanks or other armored vehicles
antitank gun
Word origin
[1915–20; anti- + tank]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: GI, camouflage, markup, supernationalism, takeoutanti- is a prefix meaning “against,” “opposite of,” “antiparticle of,” used in the formationof compound words (anticline); used freely in combination with elements of any origin (antibody; antifreeze; antiknock; antilepton)
Examples of 'antitank' in a sentence
antitank
Kangaroos were protection against shell splinters but still vulnerable to antitank mines.