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Recent Examples of warship
The battleship era received its final, fatal blow in April 1945 when Japan’s Yamato, touted as the ultimate warship and the largest battleship ever built, came under attack from a concentrated force of submarines and some 400 aircraft.
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Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Built for the Pacific War In a potential Pacific conflict, Red Wolf could be used to temporarily disrupt a warship’s sensors or communications, creating an opening for follow-on strikes by larger and more expensive weapons such as the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile or the Joint Strike Missile.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025
Smith made history as the first Black Commanding Officer of a Canadian warship in 2014 and the first Black commanding officer of the unit in 2021.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
The warship was deployed in early September on a three-month mission to maintain Australia's military presence in the Indo-Pacific region.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warship
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As the ship’s pilot, Smalls took charge and ordered the crew to light the fires that fueled the steamship.—
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The steamship was capable of carrying over 1,100 passengers and crew.—
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Holding a drone show in its place would not require a barge and would cost $80,000 to $100,000, said Amy Jean-Baptiste, the city Parks and Recreation Deputy Director.—
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The wreck of a colossal oil barge is home to some of the bay's most stunning marine life.—
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The freighter arrived in the United Kingdom at the port of Felixstowe just 20 days later—successfully launching the first-ever Arctic commercial-container route from Asia to Europe.—
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The Edmund Fitzgerald, once a record-setting freighter on the Great Lakes, sank in a November storm in 1975, taking all 29 crew members with her.—
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Putin is yet to comment on the developments related to the tanker, which the US had previously sanctioned for carrying illicit Iranian oil.—
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Fox News was first to report that SEALs seized the tanker.—
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Bagail 8-piece Packing Cube Set While dress codes during the day skew casual on board a ship, passengers do like to dress up at night, which means the pressure is on to pull together a classy outfit that’s not on repeat.—
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Although a recent visit to Palo Alto’s Taverna was lackluster except for the awesome outdoor décor and cute waiters, its sister ship in Portola Valley is absolutely lovely, and the food more in line with expectation.—
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These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.—
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The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.—
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The Grammy award-winning band was followed by a dozen corvettes carrying honorees and the university's new president, Dwayne Tucker.—
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Hull numbers provided by Japan's Defense Ministry identified the Russian vessels as the frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, the corvette Gremyashchy and a replenishment ship.—
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In the footage, Officer Hunter Weaver is seen stepping out of his cruiser and twice ordering a man, later identified as Frank Mejia Aguilar, to show his hands, once using an expletive.—
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Deputies Shayne Leggett and Andrew Daymut were on the scene attempting to corral the determined emu using catch poles, while dispatchers monitored the unfolding situation via live feeds from the deputies’ cruiser cameras and body cameras.—
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“Warship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warship. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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