Flak
Flak noun - Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.
Support
Support noun - A structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Frigates and cruisers are split into various combat and support types including: flak frigates, missile frigates, bombardment frigates, light carriers, heavy cruisers and so forth.
Source: Standard Sci-Fi Fleet - Renault gets tons of flak for his mediocre growth rates, latecomer status, and for having killed Lucius's father in the past, despite Renault showing genuine guilt over that murder and Lucius forgiving him in their A support.
Source: The Scrappy / Fire Emblem
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Support and Flak. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/flak/support
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