warship
a ship built or armed for combat purposes.
Origin of warship
1- Also called war vessel .
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How to use warship in a sentence
Had Dunmore sailed home to Britain rather than try to govern the Old Dominion from a warship cruising the Chesapeake, the result would have been the same.
An expanded perspective, and a controversial claim, on America’s revolution | Jack Rakove | November 19, 2021 | Washington PostElectric Boat Company had struggled in the 1920s and 1930s with its reputation as a “merchant of death,” having sold warships to all sides in major wars.
The Disneyfication of Atomic Power - Issue 107: The Edge | Jacob Darwin Hamblin | October 6, 2021 | NautilusPossible targets could include a hostile nation’s nuclear launch sites or warships.
Air Force hypersonic missile fails to detach from plane during test | Aaron Gregg | April 7, 2021 | Washington PostThat’s the situation right now for the Vasa, a massive warship in Sweden that sank in 1628.
How scientists keep ancient shipwrecks from crumbling into dust | Sara Kiley Watson | November 3, 2020 | Popular-ScienceI’m flying through the Nadiri Dockyards, where the New Republic constructs warships to take on the ever-expanding Galactic Empire.
Star Wars: Squadrons Crams Tons of Fun in a Tiny Cockpit | Patrick Lucas Austin | October 19, 2020 | Time
The motors are powerful enough to push the massive warship along at better than 30 knots.
Can the Navy's $12 Billion Stealth Destroyer Stay Afloat? | Dave Majumdar | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUsers include the Singapore navy: What small-warship commander would turn down a 1,000-foot mast?
Ahmed Abu Khattala is on the USS New York, a warship that contains 7.5 tons of steel from the ruins of the Twin Towers in its bow.
Benghazi Killer Is on a Warship Made From World Trade Center Steel | Michael Daly | June 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe tactical balance between the surface warship and the submarine has strategic impact.
Lawmakers have tried to halt the French sale of the Mistral, an amphibious warship, to the Russian Navy.
Germany Helped Prep Russia for War, U.S. Sources Say | Josh Rogin | April 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThursday, we were startled by the note of guns, and presently after heard it was an English warship.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonNews came that this daring American warship was taking prize after prize, burning some and sending their crews ashore.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes | VariousIt was old and rotten and leaky, and not fit for a warship, but its new commander made the best he could of it.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes | VariousOccasionally a Surveying Service warship would peep above the horizon, watching her.
The Lord of the Sea | M. P. ShielMaybe he, like the warship, saw our name—‘U-13’—on the side of the vessel!
Boy Scouts in the North Sea | G. Harvey Ralphson
British Dictionary definitions for warship
/ (ˈwɔːˌʃɪp) /
a vessel armed, armoured, and otherwise equipped for naval warfare
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