warship
Americannoun
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warships
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of warship
Explanation
A warship is a military sea vessel that's usually armed with weapons. A country's navy uses warships in battles or to transport troops. A battleship is one specific kind of warship, a very large one that's outfitted with weapons and heavily defended against attack. All warships are prepared for war (which is where they get their name), and most of them are controlled by the naval forces of a nation. Many countries move their warships into particular regions to exert political force on adversaries, or send them to protect civilian or cargo ships from pirate attacks.
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At a recent European Union defense ministers’ meeting outside Dublin, a British warship and submarine-hunting helicopter were deployed at Ireland’s request to provide security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
And on Tuesday Denmark also accused a Russian warship of firing two emergency flares at one of its helicopters while it was tracking the vessel in the Baltic Sea.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Iran may see value even in the risks that would accompany a successful strike on a U.S. warship, said Alice Gower, partner at Azure Strategy, a political-risk advisory firm in London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice in the last two days.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Still others have speculated that the sub was sucked into the vortex of the sinking warship and dragged to the bottom.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
CSBC, which has built warships for Taiwan for more than five decades and is building the island’s first submarine, has been inundated with potential collaborators offering drone technology and in need of shipbuilding know-how.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The lengthy deployment took a toll on US military personnel on the Lincoln and accompanying warships.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
But the lengthy deployment took a toll on US military personnel on the Lincoln and accompanying warships.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
"We have welders from the Philippines and South Africa working on the next generation of Scottish warships because not enough Scottish workers have the skills," Marra is expected to say.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Those two warships today gave us just a little hint of what’s to come,” Paul said.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
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