battleship
68
5.5
- noun
- /ˈbætəlˌʃɪp/
- Archaic
:
acorazado
- This is the newest battleship in the American navy!
- guns on battleships
- an old battleship
- battleship gray
So now China has battleships all over Europe and South America.
- So now China has battleships all over Europe and South America.
- Now the the US military made the study of PTSD among the crew of the this battleship.
- And they ended up basically trading warships like battleships and things like that for diets or just for for soda.
- So let's consider a battleship, right?
- How he covered, he had sailors cover the there's a battleship called the John McCain.
- He went off to seagoing Marine, bought a battleship.
- Send a message, we are a battleship.
- And you get a ton of battleship battles.
Examples
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The French battleship Jean Bart duelled with the battleship USS Massachusetts in Casablanca harbor and lost.
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Earlier in the day, the Germans launched Zeppelin raids on English cities in Kent and Essex, while their battleships bombard towns on England's coast.
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Approximately 250 aircraft, plus the biggest battleship in the world.
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This is the newest battleship in the American navy!
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So now China has battleships all over Europe and South America.
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You always wanted a battleship, didn't you?
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It was the dedication of what would be the last Dreadnought class battleship.
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But the second, a heavily armed force of battleships, cruisers, and destroyers, approaches from the north.
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Prince Philip enjoyed a glittering war career, joining the battleship HMS Valiant in Alexandria in January 1941.
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Ninety-one ships, including three aircraft carriers and the battleship Missouri, are still in the Gulf area.
Synonyms
140
3.6
A navy boat built for fighting at sea
2
9.9
A large early 20th century warship with very big guns all the same size and high speed
2
7.9
A very large warship like a battleship or aircraft carrier with heavy weapons
1
9.9
A large battleship from the early 1900s with very big guns
1
5.3
A navy ship built to fight at sea
1
9.2
A large warship with heavy armor and big guns
A ship a government uses for fighting at sea
Compounds
How Powerful
- Archaic
68
5.5
- Specialized
50
7.4
- Specialized
62
7.3
- Archaic
7
9.9
- Specialized
7
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Battleship comes from joining battle ('fight') and ship ('boat'). So a battleship is literally a ship made for fighting, which is why it means a very large, heavily armed warship.