carrier battle

collocation in English

meaningsofcarrierandbattle

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carrier
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkær.i.ər/us
/ˈker.i.ɚ/
a person or thing that ...
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battle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbæt.əl/us
/ˈbæt̬.əl/
a fight between ...
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(Definition ofcarrierandbattlefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thecarrierbattleis lost, and the role of the carrier has been replaced by a new policy.
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It seems to me that if that task force is obsolete, then it is very difficult to explain what the rôle of the aircraftcarrierbattle-group is going to be.
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By the year 2020, the navy plans to operate threecarrierbattlegroups, while also acquiring long-range naval aviation and a strategic submarine fleet.
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This greatly reduces the number of service ships needed to travel withcarrierbattlegroups.
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Carrierbattlegroups devote a great deal of planning to efficiently conduct underway replenishment to minimize the time spent conducting replenishment.
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The resulting group of ships is often termed a battle group, carrier group, orcarrierbattlegroup.
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These deployments can be either independent, or with acarrierbattlegroups.
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On several occasions, battleships were support ships incarrierbattlegroups, or led their own battleship battle group.
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From this point eachcarrierbattlegroup was planned to consist of an aircraft carrier; an embarked carrier air wing; cruisers, destroyers, and frigates; and two nuclear-powered attack submarines.
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There were severe losses of carrier dive-bomber and torpedo-bomber crews in the carrier battles, emasculating the already depleted carrier air groups.
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Carrier battles overshadowed surface action, but the leapfrog campaign was very much as anticipated.
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