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ATTACK SUBMARINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does attack submarine mean?
• ATTACK SUBMARINE (noun)
The noun ATTACK SUBMARINE has 1 sense:
1. a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping
Familiarity information: ATTACK SUBMARINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("attack submarine" is a kind of...):
pigboat; sub; submarine; U-boat (a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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