Flak

The word flak can mean:-

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• Anti-aircraft gunfire, derived from the German Flugabwehrkanone, for "aircraft defense cannon", during World War II
• criticism, as a metaphorical extension of the previous, e.g. "I'll have to take the flak for what that confounded reporter dug up."
• As a component of German and Scandinavian area place names, flak and similar may mean "flat", "plain": e.g. Flakfortet, Maasvlakte.
• A fictional Commanding Officer named Flak in the Nintendo Wars video games.