anti-tank
adjective
ˌan-tē-ˈtaŋk 
ˌan-tī-
variants
or antitank
: designed to destroy or check tanks
an anti-tank missile
antitank mines
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Crates filled with anti-tank missiles, mortars, and rockets—many marked with Russian export codes—provided evidence of a pipeline stretching from Moscow through Damascus, and directly into Hezbollah's hands.
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
This type of anti-tank fortification litters Ukraine.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Yet much cheaper weapons like surveillance and killer drones; anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles; howitzers and the shells to supply them; and landmines have actually proved critical in Ukraine.
—Anatol Lieven, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
But the design evolved into a series of large caliber U.S. Army anti-tank weapons known as Recoilless Rifles mounted in Jeeps and other light platforms.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
This type of anti-tank fortification litters Ukraine.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Yet much cheaper weapons like surveillance and killer drones; anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles; howitzers and the shells to supply them; and landmines have actually proved critical in Ukraine.
—Anatol Lieven, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
But the design evolved into a series of large caliber U.S. Army anti-tank weapons known as Recoilless Rifles mounted in Jeeps and other light platforms.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Anti-tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-tank. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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