hull
Example Sentences
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For another, their armor protected their hulls against attack — the design rationale being that they would chiefly engage enemy vessels in battleship-to-battleship engagements — but their decks were susceptible to assault from the skies.
From Los Angeles Times
“Merely painting a flag on the side of a hull does not immediately grant that ship that nationality,” he said.
All passengers and crew aboard the cruise ship have been reported safe, and initial inspections have not revealed any damage to the hull.
From BBC
The Navy will launch a competition to choose a vendor, and plans to procure the first hull in 2030, the official said.
The first Chinese carrier was refurbished from a Soviet-made hull purchased from Ukraine in 1998, while the second carrier’s design was based largely on the first.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
