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sea fight

American  

noun

  1. a fight between ships at sea.


Etymology

Origin of sea fight

First recorded in 1590–1600

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Going in by plane was John Hersey, veteran of Guadalcanal and of the sea fight in which the Wasp was lost.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the filming of Jones's most famed sea fight, the Serapis and the Bonhomme Richard were rebuilt timber for timber.

From Time Magazine Archive

For two acts it stirs in a good deal of miscellaneous material, from a comically brief sea fight to a farcical midshipman out of Mister Roberts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of the running sea fight that began next day, Historian Mattingly observes: "No naval campaign in previous history, and none afterward until the advent of the aircraft carrier, involved so many fresh and incalculable factors."

From Time Magazine Archive

Artemisia entered most valiantly into the sea fight, which very soon began to be disastrous to the Persians.

From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell

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