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battleship

[ bat-l-ship ]

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noun

any of a class of warships that are the most heavily armored and are equipped with the most powerful armament.
ship of the line.

battleship

/ ˈbætəlˌʃɪp /

a heavily armoured warship of the largest type having many large-calibre guns
(formerly) a warship of sufficient size and armament to take her place in the line of battle; ship of the line

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; battle ¹ + ship ¹

Using skewers/tooth picks, attach monkey bread, Cinnabons, and churros to battleship.

Sober and muted colors including shades of gray, one described in a local paper as ‘Battleship,’ were prevalent.

The leading-man roles followed in the back-to-back 2012 blockbusters John Carter and Battleship.

Additional film credits include The Rundown, The Kingdom, Hancock, Battleship, and the upcoming Cocaine Cowboys.

As a member of the Royal Navy, he was in charge of operating the searchlights on a battleship called the Valiant.

The tailor of the fairy tale with his "seven at a blow" is not in it with the gunnery Lieutenant of a battleship.

A Turkish battleship joined in from the Hellespont, dropping about twenty 11.2-inch shells into our lines.

One of these could tear a gaping hole in the side of a battleship and send it, with all on board, to the bottom.

He takes this as a pretty strong hint to push through, or, to make some sort of a battleship attack to support us.

In that position neither the forward nor stern blasters of the battleship could touch it.

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