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- noun Plural form of
warship .
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Examples
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It seems to me that bringing in foreign Arab warships is a recipe for war, and that it would be more stable if the warships are directly accountable to the government ofGaza.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Remarkable Window into Amnesty International’s Worldview 2010
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It seems to me that bringing in foreign Arab warships is a recipe for war, and that it would be more stable if the warships are directly accountable to the government ofGaza.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Remarkable Window into Amnesty International’s Worldview 2010
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Abroad however, and internationally, and because part of the US Armed Forces, they remain warships in any sensible meaning that can be given that term.
A Coast Guard that guards everyone else’s coast « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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These reports confirm that at least six NATO vessels are in the Black Sea, meaning that Russian warnings that warships from the western alliance now outnumber their own fleet anchored off the western coast of Georgia are not as far off the mark as is claimed.
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These reports confirm that at least six NATO vessels are in the Black Sea, meaning that Russian warnings that warships from the western alliance now outnumber their own fleet anchored off the western coast of Georgia are not as far off the mark as is claimed.
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The Turkish government "purchased" these warships from the Germans to replace two battleships that were under construction in
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If the port plan were to go ahead, Russian vessels and warships from the US Sixth Fleet, based in Italy, would face one another in the Mediterranean for the first time since the Cold War when the Soviet navy was based in Tartus.
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If the port plan were to go ahead, Russian vessels and warships from the US Sixth Fleet, based in Italy, would face one another in the Mediterranean for the first time since the Cold War when the Soviet navy was based in Tartus.
Archive 2007-07-29 2007
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With the invention of the steam engine came the substitution of steam power for sail, and of iron for wood in warships; with the introduction of longer ranged rifled guns and improvements in metallurgical practice, came all the new developments in the use of metals and minerals that have since been applied to military needs.
Canada's Position in Relation to the Empire's Mineral Situation 1940
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On the one hand, the Hawks recently registered a new probe into the country's purchase of four warships from a German consortium for more than R7-billion in 1999.
Guardian Online 2010
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