fighting ship

collocation in English

meaningsoffightingandship

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fighting
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈfaɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
the act of people fighting, especially in ...
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ship
noun[C]
uk
/ʃɪp/us
/ʃɪp/
a large boat for travelling on water, especially across ...
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(Definition offightingandshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffighting ship

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Now, for the first time, we have a genuine under-waterfightingship, which lives under the water and which fights under the water.
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A close comparison with civilian work is hardly possible, since in afightingshipa man is required to fill more than one job.
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The battleship is the highest development of afightingship.
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It is a complex judgment involving competing demands of men and money and the credibility of the carrier as afightingshipin the future.
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Will it be afightingship, or will it be a pseudo-ocean-going tug with a sophisticated towed array and with no active sonar?
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He told us that something else was going to occur—some wonderful ingenious invention in the way of afightingshipis going to occur.
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To have afightingshipin these days you require the greatest discipline and confidence of the men in the officers and the knowledge of the men by the officers.
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I am sure that in the years to come we should concentrate on building up an under-water fleet which will replace the surfacefightingshipas we know it to-day.
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Whatever happens, if you do away with the existing type of battleship, it simply means that the smaller type offightingshipwill become the battleship.
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In 1905 her captain described her as an excellent sea-boat and a goodfightingship, although her secondary armament was too light.
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We should have known there was a catch to it, but remember, we were now afightingship.
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She was not afightingship, rather a support ship.
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Her survivors call her thefightingshipthat went in harm's way.
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At least once during its 20-30 year lifespan, it was refitted as afightingship.
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It is only when all three characteristics are present that afightingshipcan properly be called an ironclad.
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Over 1,000 fighting ships and some 5,000 other ships were involved.
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Expecting trouble, the fighting ships hoist up their lateen sails and load up their cannon.
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