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fire ship

Historical a ship filled with explosive materials, set afire and floated among an enemy's ships to destroy them

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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