antitank

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adjective

Of weapons or tactics, designed for thwarting or (especially) attacking tanks or other armored fighting vehicles.

“A TOW missile is an antitank weapon capable of killing everyone in a tank from great distance.”

Similar
ATdefensive
OriginEnglish tank ← Portuguese tanque ← Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī) →
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Meanings

adjectiveantitank (not comparable)

alternative anti-tank

  1. not comparablegovernmentOf weapons or tactics, designed for thwarting or (especially) attacking tanks or other armored fighting vehicles.

    A TOW missile is an antitank weapon capable of killing everyone in a tank from great distance.

    Synonyms: AT

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf weapons or tactics, designed for thwarting or (especially) attacking tanks or other armored fighting vehicles.

Similar
AT

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivedesigned for defense against armored vehicles

Similar
defensive
Also see
defensive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Prakrit𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka)
  8. Gujaratiટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)
  9. Portuguesetanque
  10. Englishtank
  11. Englishantitank

From anti- + tank.

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Translations

Arabic مضاد للدبابات
  • مضاد للدباباتdesigned for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
Catalan antitanc
  • antitancdesigned for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
Chinese Mandarin 反戰車 /反战车, 反坦克
  • 反戰車 /反战车 (fǎnzhànchē)designed for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
  • 反坦克 (fǎntǎnkè)designed for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
Czech protitankový
  • protitankovýdesigned for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
Finnish panssarintorjunta-
  • panssarintorjunta-designed for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
French anti-char
  • anti-chardesigned for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
Greek αντιαρματικός
  • αντιαρματικός (antiarmatikós)designed for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
Japanese 対戦車
  • 対戦車 (taisensha)designed for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
Korean 대전차
  • 대전차 (daejeoncha)designed for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
Polish przeciwpancerny, przeciwczołgowy
  • przeciwpancernydesigned for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
  • przeciwczołgowydesigned for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
Portuguese antitanque, antitanques
  • antitanquedesigned for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
  • antitanquesdesigned for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
  • anticarrodesigned for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
  • anticarrosdesigned for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
Romanian antitanc
  • antitancdesigned for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
Russian противота́нковый
  • противота́нковый (protivotánkovyj)designed for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
Swedish pansarvärns-
  • pansarvärns-designed for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
Ukrainian протита́нковий
  • протита́нковий (protytánkovyj)designed for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
Vietnamese chống tăng
  • chống tăngdesigned for attacking tanks or other armored vehicles
Cite this entry
APA

antitank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitank

MLA

“antitank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitank. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antitank,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antitank.

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