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(military, nautical) A ship, filled with missiles, typically cruise missiles, which it can launch to attack far off targets, but which has little in the way of other capabilities, similar to a modified cargoship. A floating missile battery, a floating missile firebase.
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Synonym of Bangalore torpedo.
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A rack on a bomber aircraft that holds bombs that are to be dropped.
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(naval) A haphazard shot at a group of vessels.
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(military) A bomb designed to penetrate hardened targets or targets buried deep underground.
adj
(military) Having the penetrative quality of a bunker buster.
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(naval, slang) A hard turn in a submarine to clear the baffles and get into position to attack any followers.
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(US, law enforcement) A police patrol vehicle.
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(military) A static antitank and anti-landing craft obstacle, widely used during World War II, constructed from three mutually-perpendicular steel rails connected in the form of a tripod.
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(military, slang) The BLU-82 bomb, known for its ability to flatten a forest into a helicopter landing zone.
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A former destroyer (ship) that has been converted into a minesweeper.
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(aviation, military) A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.
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One who moves the carts or sledges at a mine; a putter.
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Synonym of drogue (sense:conical parachute)
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(aviation) An enclosed compartment immediately adjacent to a fuel tank but not itself used for fuel.
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A seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit and thus save the pilot's life when a crash is imminent.
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(historical) A battering ram on a warship.
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(military, nautical) A French antiship missile.
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(military, by extension) A friendly unit (usually aircraft) that acts as a hostile unit in a military exercise.
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(historical) A combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signalling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy.
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(World War I military, historical) an armoured fighting vehicle on caterpillar tracks equipped with machine guns but no cannon, during The Great War
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(US, military) A member of the Navy who carries out repairs and maintenance on weapons, computers, and other equipment.
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A raft laden with combustibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships.
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Anti-aircraft shell fire.
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(of a ship, airline etc) To be registered in a particular country and display that country's flag as a result.
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Gunfire directed at aircraft from the ground.
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(nautical) A ship equipped with heavy artillery.
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(New Zealand) A short board or plank inserted into a tree for a person to stand on while cutting off higher branches.
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(military, historical) An early automated anti-aircraft fire-control system, capable of aiming a gun at an aircraft based on simple inputs such as observed speed and the angle to the target.
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(World War I military, historical) an armoured fighting vehicle on caterpillar tracks equipped with cannon during The Great War
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A member of the military responsible for missile launches.
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(military, historical) An antisubmarine rocket used mainly during World War II by the US Navy and US Coast Guard.
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(military) An explosive device placed in the water and intended to destroy or deter vessels.
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Synonym of tramp steamer
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(historical, military, uncountable) A denaturant mixture added to discourage World War II-era US Navy submariners from drinking "torpedo juice".
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(navigation) An instrument used to mark or find the position of a vessel on a chart.
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Synonym of Bangalore torpedo.
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(UK military slang, dated) A plane's cockpit.
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(nautical) A petty officer who assists the gunner.
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A gun positioned so as to rake an enemy ship with gunfire.
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(military, nautical, chiefly historical) A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
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A member of the navy employed to operate a ramming device that pushes a projectile into the gun barrel.
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(obsolete) A sort of arrow.
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(aviation, firefighting, informal) A type of air tanker waterbomber airplane, which is capable of landing on water, and directly scooping up water to fill its tanks, by skimming the water's surface with scoops delopyed.
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(military) A missile or aircraft that engages in sea skimming.
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(military, aviation, slang) The remains of a bird after it has collided with an airplane (in a bird strike), especially a turbine engine.
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(naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
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(nautical, military) A device (usually an imploding metal sphere or an explosive charge fuzed to explode at depth) which sinks in the ocean and creates a loud, low-frequency sound when it enters the sofar channel; used to determine the location of sunken vessels.
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A weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, attached to a boat, and used by ramming the end of the spar into an enemy ship before detonating the bomb.
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(military, aviation) An improvised adhoc airdrop resupply pack, composed of ammo, food and water, and other supplies, stuffed into a body bag or duffle bag.
adj
(by extension, of a gun battery on a warship) Arranged so as to allow some turrets to fire over others in the above manner.
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Alternative form of tail boom [On an airplane or helicopter, a spar that connects tail surfaces to a fuselage.]
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(military) An armoured fighting vehicle equipped with an antitank gun or missile launcher.
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(military) Anything placed to impede the movement of tanks, such as caltrops, mines, or depressions in the ground.
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The (male) operator of a military tank.
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(countable, rowing) The act of rowing ten strokes flat out.
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A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel).
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The uppermost sawyer in a sawpit; a topsman.
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(military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
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(military, nautical, historical) A warship designed to sink enemy vessels using a combination of torpedo (self-propelled naval weapon) fire and ramming.
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(nautical) A metal tube mounted in a submarine or surface warship into which a torpedo may be loaded and launched through the hull or from the deck; a torpedo launcher.
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Alternative form of torpedo ram [(military, nautical, historical) A warship designed to sink enemy vessels using a combination of torpedo (self-propelled naval weapon) fire and ramming.]
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A vessel capable of firing torpedoes.
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One skilled in the theory or use of naval torpedoes.
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A person in charge of the torpedoes on a military vessel.
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(US naval jargon) Synonym of anti-ship missile (ASM), particularly an incoming hostile one.
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(aviation) An aircraft used for firefighting by dropping large quantities of water on a fire.
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A device designed to lift salvage from a shipwreck.
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