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English
Etymology
From anti- + rocket.
Adjective
antirocket (not comparable)
- (military) Designed to prevent, or counterattack against, rocket fire
2009 January 19, Ethan Bronner, “Parsing Gains of Gaza War”, in New York Times:Some 200 were killed instantly, shocking Hamas and indeed all of Gaza, especially because Israel’s antirocket attacks in previous years had been more measured.
Translations
designed to prevent, or counterattack against, rocket fire