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Related topics: Water, Navy
submarinesub‧ma‧rine1 /ˈsʌbməriːn, ˌsʌbməˈriːn/ ●●○ (also sub) noun [countable] TTWPMNa ship, especially a military one, that can stay under water a nuclear submarine
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submarine• Around 100 submarines withdrawn from service are moored at sea because there are no facilities for treating their radioactive components.• He was executive officer aboard the Honolulu, a nuclear attack submarine.• A ship could nevertheless be navigated accurately, especially when up-to-date hydrographic data was available from offshore surveys by submarines.• The McKee, with its crew of 1,515 officers and sailors, is a full-service repair ship for submarines.• a nuclear submarine• If you stopped the flights, Soviet submarines would go undetected.• The bows sliced across the forward hull tearing a great gash, but the submarine bounced rather than being ripped instantly in two.
Related topics: Water, Oceanography
submarinesubmarine2 adjective [only before noun] TTWHEOgrowing or used under the sea submarine plant life
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submarine• submarine mountain ranges• The thermal input from hydrothermal springs along submarine spreading centers may drive major patterns of deepwater circulation.
Origin submarine2 (1600-1700) sub- + marine
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