antiaircraft barrage

[′an·tē′er‚kraft bə′räzh]

(ordnance)

A concentration of antiaircraft fire covering an area through which enemy aircraft are likely to fly. Also known as predicted barrage.

Less precisely, any concentration of antiaircraft fire.

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