naval strength

collocation in English

meaningsofnavalandstrength

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naval
adjective
uk
/ˈneɪ.vəl/us
/ˈneɪ.vəl/
belonging to a country's navy, or relating to ...
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strength
noun
uk
/streŋθ/us
/streŋθ/
the ability to do things that need a lot of physical or ...
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(Definition ofnavalandstrengthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Control of the sea is a matter ofnavalstrengthand command of the air.
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The battleship still remains the greatest factor ofnavalstrength.
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If there is one weak link—say, in our cruiser strength—that will not only imperil but absolutely nullify the whole of ournavalstrength.
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But that is not a true picture of our realnavalstrength.
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The full programme, together with current construction when completed, will add no fewer than 232 new ships to our existingnavalstrength.
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Although the agreements secure reductions in the mass, they do not, any one of them, reduce our relativenavalstrength.
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Why, if there are no immediate enemies, should exceptional secrecy be preserved about ournavalstrength?
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That is not the kind of situation which should exist where ournavalstrengthis concerned.
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That was not carrying out the promise to maintain the relativenavalstrength.
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Two things are important—relativenavalstrengthand naval skill.
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What then is our present standard ofnavalstrength?
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It is a peril which we are not prepared to meet, even if we doubled ournavalstrength.
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The threat comes from the rebels, whose principal land forces are on the run—rebels who have no greatnavalstrength.
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We should have been so secure and so superior innavalstrengththat nobody would have thought or dreamt of approaching us.
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Britishnavalstrengthis of the greatest importance, for we have a long naval tradition and vast sea experience.
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What can we look forward to innavalstrength?
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I want to answer the charge whether we have really reduced the relativenavalstrength?
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How have we reduced the relativenavalstrengthin cruisers on that account?
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Who can possibly say, on these figures, that although there have been heavy reductions we have reduced our relativenavalstrength.
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I prefer to measure them in ships andnavalstrength.
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