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aircraft carrier

noun

  1. a warship equipped with a large open deck for the taking off and landing of warplanes and with facilities to carry, service, and arm them.


aircraft carrier

noun

  1. a warship built with an extensive flat deck space for the launch and recovery of aircraft
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Origin of aircraft carrier1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Trump's threat came after the Houthis targeted a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea following US strikes on Yemen that its health ministry said had killed at least 53 people.

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When the King visited aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, he appeared wearing a set of Canadian medals.

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The Carl Vinson was taking part in an exercise with two other aircraft carriers and their escorting destroyers from France and Japan, about 200km east of the Philippines.

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Consider that Naval Station Norfolk, the largest military port in the world and home to five of 12 U.S. aircraft carriers, is now sinking beneath the waves.

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This merged with a third track, which involved intense competition between the Navy and the Air Corps/Force over weapon systems, specifically over whether to invest in a new aircraft carrier or a strategic bomber.

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