antisubmarine
Anything described as antisubmarine is designed to defend against submarines. Antisubmarine tactics are part of military strategy.
A submarine is a sea vessel that goes under the water, while words that start with the prefix anti are opposed to something. Therefore, antisubmarine plans, gadgets, and personnel are all designed to defend against submarines. An antisubmarine plan tries to figure out and then repel every way a submarine could attack a position. An antisubmarine net is designed to stop a submarine's progress underwater. Naval officers know a lot about antisubmarine strategy.
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defensive against enemy submarinessynonyms:defensiveintended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack
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A power prefix is a common prefix, one you will encounter over and over again. If you learn the four power prefixes in this lesson, you will more easily remember the meanings of all of the words you may encounter which begin with these prefixes.
This vocabulary list features words with the common prefix that means "against" and "before."
This vocabulary list features words with the Greek roots ant and anti meaning "against, opposed to, or preventative."