Barrage balloon
Barrage balloon noun - An elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low.
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Synonyms for Barrage balloon
Blimp and barrage balloon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Blimp" instead a noun phrase "Barrage balloon".
Blimp
Blimp noun - Any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low).
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Synonyms for Blimp
Barrage balloon and blimp are semantically related. You can use "Barrage balloon" instead a noun "Blimp".
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Blimp and Barrage balloon. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/barrage_balloon/blimp
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