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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A warship of the largest class, such as a battleship or an aircraft carrier.

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  1. n. nautical the most important types of warships, capable of projecting fleet-in-being

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a warship of the first rank in size and armament

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  • “All were designed with 32-knot speed, a draft of only 22 feet — five feet less than any other British capital ship — and armor so thin that the Grand Fleet, which dubbed them Outrageous, Uproarious, and Spurious, could find almost no use for them.”

    Castles of Steel

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  1. war vessel
  1. warship
  1. combat ship

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  1. battlecruiser
  1. ballistic missile submarine
  1. amphibious warfare carrier
  1. aircraft carrier
  1. battleship
  1. heavy cruiser

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