Definitions
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- adj. fired from a a ship to another ship
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the Admiralty sent a "secret & confidential" directive to all British captains forbidding any further ship-to-ship combat with those pesky, heavy American frigates.
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Philip Broke of His Majesty's Frigate Shannon challenged the Chesapeake rebuilt from her 1807 wounds to a ship-to-ship duel off Boston harbor in June 1813.
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PaperSmyth, I challenge you to ship-to-ship combat!
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But if a billionaire has enough money to buy an island-size vessel, he probably has enough to outfit it with a drone air force, radar, sonar, laser guns, torpedoes, ship-to-ship missiles, and other technology so cool that just thinking about it raises my testosterone count.
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The hot line would offer a higher level of communication, beyond the tactical level ship-to-ship calls.
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Crowe and co-star Paul Bettany anchor the film with solid performances and obvious chemistry, and the ship-to-ship battle sequences are a thing of wonder.
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But only until she heard and sorted out a few more words from the surprisingly chatter-filled ship-to-ship channels.
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Many of his arguments tying the Atlantic to our very being are inarguable, such as the rise of global communication following the advent of Atlantic telegraph cable and Marconi's ship-to-ship wireless traffic.
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Though the excitement of ship-to-ship combat is a heady brew for newcomers and veterans alike, many players take pride in their place among the community.
McNamara, Turner & Dutkiewicz - The Last Realm: Book One, Dragonscarpe (Book Review)
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"What the hell are you doing?" he said on the standard ship-to-ship frequency for the Red Run.
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