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   flak

   /flak/

   noun

   • 1. strong criticism: "you must be strong enough to take the flak if things go wrong" Similar criticismcensuredisapprovaldisapprobationhostilitycomplaintscastigationcondemnationdenunciationopprobriumobloquycalumnycalumniationexecrationexcoriationvilificationabuserevilementlambastinginformal:brickbatsknockingpanningslammingtongue-lashinga bad pressstickverbalslagging offslagging
   • 2. anti-aircraft fire.

   Word Origin 1930s (in flak (sense 2)): from German, abbreviation of Fliegerabwehrkanone, literally ‘aviator-defence gun’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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