battleship
Example Sentences
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The frigate's role was to act as a first line of defence by circling battleship HMS Warspite and it was expected that the sailors would sacrifice their lives.
From BBC
The U.S. has moved the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier along with other battleships and advanced fighters to the region.
The new ones are “100 times more powerful” than the legendary battleships of World War II, which he went on to name—the Missouri, the Iowa, the Alabama.
He said that starting with his first term, he had been asking, “Why aren’t we doing battleships like we used to?”
From Los Angeles Times
This matters because the cutter and battleship could divert resources and focus from crucial priorities such as more stealthy submarines.
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