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- noun Plural form of
mothership .
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Examples
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Thirdly, the taskforce has also been targeting the so-called motherships – the bigger vessels the pirates use to launch smaller skiffs for the attacks.
Somali pirates struggle against international crackdown 2012
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It fires warning shots and sometimes intercepts so-called motherships — larger vessels that can provide food, water and fuel to smaller attack skiffs.
Somali Admiral Fights for Funds to Battle Pirates Abdinasir Mohamed 2010
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It fires warning shots and sometimes intercepts so-called motherships — larger vessels that can provide food, water and fuel to smaller attack skiffs.
Somali Admiral Fights for Funds to Battle Pirates Abdinasir Mohamed 2010
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It fires warning shots and sometimes intercepts so-called motherships — larger vessels that can provide food, water and fuel to smaller attack skiffs.
Somali Admiral Fights for Funds to Battle Pirates Abdinasir Mohamed 2010
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Then, so-called motherships carry pirates on speedboats out into the water.
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They are using captured vessels as "motherships" - a mobile base from which to launch small attack skiffs.
The Seattle Times 2011
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They are using captured vessels as "motherships" - a mobile base from which to launch small attack skiffs.
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They are using captured vessels as "motherships" - a mobile base from which to launch small attack skiffs.
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They are using captured vessels as "motherships" - a mobile base from which to launch small attack skiffs.
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He said pirates have a longer reach now because more are operating from so-called "motherships," larger vessels that serve as launching pads for smaller ships to carry out attacks.
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