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Type of battleship
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dreadnought
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Wikipedia
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Dreadnought is a naval wargame published in 1975 by Simulations Publications, Inc. . The game's name was inspired by the Dreadnought - a battleship used by the Royal Navy . The game had several features that were unique at the time of its publication. Every ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 a battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber. 2 (context informal English) a type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship 3 One ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"battleship," literally "fearing nothing," from dread (v.) + nought (n.). Mentioned as the name of a ship in the Royal Navy c.1596, but modern sense is from the name of the first of a new class of British battleships, based on the "all big-gun" principle ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber [syn: dreadnaught ]
Usage examples of dreadnought.
To port was the smaller dreadnought, its flame cannons bearing down on them, just out of range.
Like her big sister, the dreadnought was dressed to withstand such small attacks.
The dreadnought was perpendicular to them now, growing ever closer but still refusing to fire.
The other dreadnought was still not firing on them, probably for fear of striking the Naren flagship.
Quickly the dreadnought changed course, steering hard away from the advancing schooner.
When he got back to Liss, he would explain to Richius how the dreadnought had tried to break away, how the crew had resisted being taken prisoner.
A tide of freezing ocean blasted across the dreadnought, sweeping away its sailors and pushing her down like a giant hand.
As they approached the area where the dreadnought had gone down, bits of flotsam and buoyant wood floated up to greet them.
Naren pigs on that dreadnought might have been the same ones that slew your parents?
He had never been aboard a dreadnought before, and wondered what it would be like.
The dreadnought was a behemoth, and its numerous cannons poked out of its gun deck like the thorns of a beautiful, dangerous rose.
Just heading deeper into the war zone and powering hard straight for a Dreadnought should do the job.
A missile from the fleet of Mercatoria ships slashed across the view, was missed by a fan of interceptor fire from the Dreadnought and slammed into it.
One camera swung to show the huge rolling mushroom cloud filling the space where the Dreadnought had been.
At first it looked like a replay of the entrance of the first Dreadnought, the great nose bulging out through, the curtain of streaming cloud, dragging gas like long flags of war.