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antiship

antiship

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Used to attack ships at sea
  • adjective
  • Specialized
: antisubmarino
  • An antiship weapon is specifically designed to target enemy vessels at sea.

Examples

  • The navy deployed antiship missiles during the exercise.

  • The exercise included the launch of several antiship torpedoes during the simulation.

  • The military developed a new antiship missile to improve coastal defense.

  • Do you think the antiship technology is effective?

  • The military developed a new antiship missile to improve coastal defense.

  • An antiship weapon is specifically designed to target enemy vessels at sea.

  • The exercise included the launch of several antiship torpedoes during the simulation.

Surface Forms

antiship positive

Morphology

antiship = ship (transparent) = anti + ship

The meaning is directly compositional: 'anti-' means against and 'ship' refers to ships.

Etymology

Antiship comes from the prefix anti- meaning 'against' and the part ship meaning 'ship', and you can see anti- in words like antibiotic or antivirus. That's why antiship as an adjective describes something made to be used 'against ships', such as missiles or torpedoes.