attack aircraft carrier
- noun
- /əˈtæk ˈɛrkræft ˈkɛrɪər/
- Specialized
:
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- During the conflict, the attack aircraft carrier was crucial for providing air support to ground troops.
Examples
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Hillary Brown, ABC News, aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Hancock, in the South China Sea.
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Hilary Brown, ABC News aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS.
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The military deployed an attack aircraft carrier to enhance its operational capabilities in the region.
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The attack aircraft carrier served as a launching point for air sorties during the naval exercise.
Synonyms
171
6.3
A large warship with a flat deck for aircraft to take off and land
140
3.6
A navy boat built for fighting at sea
59
3.8
A very large war ship with a long flat deck where military planes take off and land
2
7.9
A very large warship like a battleship or aircraft carrier with heavy weapons
1
5.3
A navy ship built to fight at sea
1
7.2
A large ship with a long flat deck for planes to take off and land
1
7.7
A very large military ship that carries many aircraft and crew
How Offensive
- Specialized
1
7.7
- Specialized
59
3.8
- Archaic
1
8.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from the constituents: 'attack' (offensive), 'aircraft' (flying vehicles) and 'carrier' (a ship that carries planes), so a B1 learner who knows the parts can infer it denotes a carrier for offensive aircraft operations. This follows regular English noun-compounding and is cross-linguistically transparent, so the overall sense is immediately derivable from the words.
Etymology
Attack aircraft carrier is a simple, clear name: a very large ship called a carrier that holds aircraft on a long, flat deck and sends them out to attack from the sea. That's why the term means 'a big warship used to send out military planes to attack'.