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lost with all hands

lost with all hands adjective: destroyed or sunk, with all passengers and crew having died in the process.

Adjective

lost with all hands (not comparable)

  1. (boat, or other vessel) Destroyed or sunk, with all passengers and crew having died in the process.
    • On the other hand, HMS Colossus takes multiple hits from several battleships at once, having drifted closer to the German fleet than the rest of her squadron. She explodes as multiple magazine detonations rip the ship apart, and is lost with all hands.2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 21:33 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022

Questions about lost with all hands

What does lost with all hands mean?
Lost with all hands means destroyed or sunk, with all passengers and crew having died in the process.
What part of speech is lost with all hands?
Lost with all hands is an adjective.

Words near lost with all hands in the dictionary

  1. lost track
  2. lost wages
  3. lost wax
  4. lost weekend
  5. lost weekends
  6. lost with all hands
  7. lost world
  8. lost-and-found
  9. lost-and-founds
  10. lost-wax casting
  11. lost-wax process

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