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ship-to-ship

ship-to-ship adjective: fired from a ship at another ship.

Adjective

ship-to-ship (not comparable)

  1. fired from a ship at another ship
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ship, to.
    • a ship-to-ship message
    • Most ship-to-ship engagements are skirmishes between patrol vessels of cruiser weight and below, with dreadnoughts and carriers only deployed in full-scale fleet actions. Battles in open space are short and often inconclusive, as the weaker opponent generally disengages.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Space Combat Codex entry

Questions about ship-to-ship

What does ship-to-ship mean?
Ship-to-ship means fired from a ship at another ship.
What part of speech is ship-to-ship?
Ship-to-ship is an adjective.

Words near ship-to-ship in the dictionary

  1. ship-rigged
  2. ship-shape
  3. ship-shape and Bristol-fashion
  4. ship-to-air
  5. ship-to-ground
  6. ship-to-ship
  7. Shipageddon
  8. Shipaulovi
  9. shipboard
  10. shipboards
  11. shipborne

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