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Meanings of dreadnought battleship in English
Type of battleship with a primary battery of large, uniform-caliber guns, to distinguish them from earlier mixed caliber battleships.
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Examples for "dreadnought"
Examples for "dreadnought"
1
Some of her first-class cruisers, and one formidable dreadnought had been sunk.
2
The dreadnought began her turn, and fresh alarms whooped even as she swung.
3
Jan. 11-Reportfrom Vienna that French dreadnought Courbet has been sunk.
4
Dec. 30-Frenchsubmarine torpedoes Austrian dreadnought Viribus Unitis, but fails to sink her.
5
Nothing in the galaxy could stand up to the energy-range fire of a dreadnought.
Usage of dreadnought battleship in English
1
They were the Dreadnought battleships of their own time and place and people.
2
At the time, the backbone of the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet consisted of dozens of dreadnought battleships.
3
For three hours and a half Jellicoe, with his twenty-four dreadnought battleships, had been racing south to reach the scene of action.
4
It had a ram-shaped bow like a Dreadnought battleship and, adjoining it, there were smaller outcrops of rock on the seaward ice-cliffs.
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Its history is rich, with 216 known shipwrecks, including that of a 1906 Dreadnought battleship, surrounding its shores.
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