Flak
Flak noun - Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.
Response
Response noun - Action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior.
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- They got a lot of flak early on for daring to play rock music (which many Christians at the time were still uneasy about), and levered a couple Take Thats to their accusers in response.
Source: Christian Rock -
In response, the sequel loaded every capital ship down with exploding flak and hitscan Anti-Fighter Beams.
Source: Point Defenseless - Protagonist Ryotaro would try to help the victims, initially taking some flak from some of his allies who insisted his only job is to protect the timestream, but his response was that helping the victims was part of that job too.
Source: Woobie of the Week
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