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flak

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noun

antiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed.
criticism; hostile reaction; abuse:
Such an unpopular decision is bound to draw a lot of flak from the press.

flak

/ �ڱ�æ�� /

noun

anti-aircraft fire or artillery
informal.
a great deal of adverse criticism

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flak¹

1935–40; < German Fl ( ieger ) a ( bwehr ) k ( anone ) antiaircraft gun, equivalent to Flieger aircraft (literally, flyer) + Abwehr defense + Kanone gun, cannon

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flak¹

C20: from German Fl ( ieger ) a ( bwehr ) k ( anone ), literally: aircraft defence gun

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Footage verified by the BBC showed injured people - two wearing blue UN flak jackets - arriving at a hospital in an ambulance and a UN car.

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"I know that he's taken some flak lately, but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the Donald," Obama said at the time.

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"I'm getting some flak because I said that Musk was pro-apartheid. I don't really know for sure if he was. He grew up at that time," Behar said.

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Then, of course, it’s all the Nirvana flak.

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Hugh got involved when he got "fed up with farmers copping a lot of flak" about their emissions.

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flair flake

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