light cruiser
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflightandcruiser
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light
adjective
uk/laɪt/us/laɪt/
not weighing ...
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cruiser
noun[C]
uk/ˈkruː.zər/us/ˈkruː.zɚ/
a large fast ship used ...
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(Definition oflightandcruiserfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The modern frigate is not much smaller than thelightcruiserof another era, but it is immensely more powerful and enormously more expensive.
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Alightcruiserhas a speed of twenty knots and a visibility of fifteen miles.
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There is thelightcruisersquadron consisting of four ships with another admiral and the third cruiser squadron with another admiral.
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That one carrier would have been an easy victim of anylightcruiserwith a speed of 35 or 40 knots.
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I cannot answer that, but the modernlightcruiseris not suitable for the service.
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In the same way, the answer to a destroyer is not necessarily another destroyer; it is very likely alightcruisersquadron.
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I do not think it is necessary in the case of alightcruiser, whose chief duty is the defence of the trade routes.
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She is in all respects equal to alightcruiser.
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Everyone knows that the battleship is a more powerful instrument of war than thelightcruiser.
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Secondly, a very fastlightcruiserwas designed, and eight of them were included in the programme for the year.
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They are a new type oflightcruiser.
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For combatant purposes the life of alightcruiseris 15 years and for a destroyer 12 years.
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There is no information as to anotherlightcruiserhaving been ordered to replace her.
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Alightcruisercould do that work just as well.
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They are over 5,000 tons and in thelightcruisercategory.
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The largest destroyer extant is 2,600 tons, and the smallestlightcruiseris 3,500 tons, so that cruiser and destroyer have now approached to within 600 tons of each other.
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Experience has shown that in estimating the life of alightcruiseror destroyer one year's war service must be taken as equal to two years' peace service.
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Has the practice of fitting everylightcruiserwith one fighter been departed from, or are they still able to carry them and the machines are available?
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These destroyers are virtually what would have been looked upon as alightcruiser20 years ago, and they are indeed the last word in destroyers.
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Not long after that operation, thelightcruisersteamed south for yard work.
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