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dreadnought

[dred-nawt] / ˈdrɛdˌnɔt /


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It is the only remaining WWI-era dreadnought battleship.

From Washington Times • Aug. 31, 2022

It’s a dreadnought of a World War II-era historical novel, bristling with armaments yet intimate in tone.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2017

Musk has spoken to investors about his vision of an "alien dreadnought" factory that uses artificial intelligence and robots to build cars at speeds faster than human assembly workers could manage.

From Reuters • Apr. 24, 2017

The unnamed correspondent for the Times, watching from the deck of the British flagship the dreadnought HMS Queen Elizabeth, was overwhelmed:

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2014

Bethlehem Steel brought giant ingots and great slabs of military armor, including a curved plate seventeen inches thick meant for the gun turret of the dreadnought Indiana.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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