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warship Definition

war·ship (wôrs̸hip′)

noun

any ship made or armed for use in war

warship Synonyms

warship

n.

fighting ship, armored vessel, gunboat, man-of-war, frigate, ship-of-the-line; see also boat, ship.

Warships include: battleship, cruiser, destroyer, frigate, guided-missile frigate, guided-missile destroyer, missile cruiser, nuclear submarine, U-boat, attack submarine, minesweeper, destroyer escort, submarine, submarine chaser, aircraft carrier, escort carrier, corvette, torpedo boat, PT-boat, raider, dreadnought, superdreadnought, capital ship, flagship, landing ship, LST, LSM, LCI, LCP, LCT.

warship Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • sink: December 1812 The US warship Constitution sinks the British warship Java off the coast of Brazil.
  • anchor: They left only after three British warships anchored nearby.
  • build: To build a single large warship required 2,000 mature oaks.
  • lose: More than 300 planes attacked the US Fleet and American forces lost 18 warships, 188 aircraft and more than 2,400 servicemen.
  • arm: In the 18th century, they sent heavily armed naval warships to the pirates ' favorite hunting grounds.
  • send: The King of Naples sent a warship to replace the flag, and a French party also landed.

Preposition: at

  • anchor: He made no attempt to disturb the British warships at anchor only a short distance from shore.

Adjective modifier

  • ironclad: Behind Balmoral are the masts and rigging of HMS Warrier the first ironclad warship.
  • sunken: The company had successfully removed oil from a sunken warship in the past.
  • allied: Throughout January the fleet of Allied warships that had been sent to find Dresden were slowly called back by their governments.
  • naval: In the 18th century, they sent heavily armed naval warships to the pirates ' favorite hunting grounds.
  • German: A party from the German warship Cormoran, then in port, assisted at the ceremony.
  • wooden: There is a fine display of the history of wooden warships.

Modifies a noun

  • construction: In rebuilding, the company followed up an Admiralty request for British shipbuilders to develop the use of electric welding in warship construction.

Noun used with modifier

  • RN: Accommodation standards will be much improved over previous RN warships, all owing sailors to enjoy a far better quality of life at sea.
  • navy: McClellan had planned to use navy warships to pound Yorktown into dust.
  • sailing: Sailing warships were rated according to the number of their guns.
  • enemy: Enemy warships had been active against the Russians in the Black Sea.
  • surface: Moreover, all surface warships no longer have the capability to deploy nuclear weapons.
  • century: Beneath the floor lies an exciting archeological find - part of the frame of an 18th century warship.
warship Quotes

Time that is moved by little fidget wheels Is not myTime, the flood that does not flow. Between the double and the single bell Of a ship's hour, between a round of bells From the dark warship riding there below, I have lived many lives, and this one life Of Joe, long dead, who lives between five bells.

—Skirving, Adam

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