battle cruiser
noun
: a large heavily armed warship that is lighter, faster, and more maneuverable than a battleship
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In 1941, during World War II, the German battleship Bismarck sank the British battle cruiser HMS Hood in the North Atlantic, killing all but three of the 1,418 men on board.
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ABC News, 11 May 2026
That system was comprised of putting a lantern in the dormer window of his home between 9 and 10 o'clock, which would mean battle cruisers had left the harbor.
—David Martin, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
Admiral Nakhimov was the first Kirov-class battle cruiser to undergo comprehensive modernization.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, the Enterprise, too, makes an unnerving discovery: A Klingon battle cruiser is just sort of quietly hanging out, much like the Enterprise is quietly hanging out.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 July 2025
Japanese airpower destroyed supposedly impregnable British battle cruisers in the Pacific at the outset of World War II.
—Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2025
In the six-part The Belgrano Diary, O'Hagan explores whether the Thatcher government lied about the sinking of the Argentinian battle cruiser General Belgrano during the Falklands War in 1982.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024
Ghost is an interstellar battle cruiser of the imagination.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 3 July 2022
Such information helped Ukraine sink the battle cruiser Moskva.
—Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Frank Bajak, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2022
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ABC News, 11 May 2026
That system was comprised of putting a lantern in the dormer window of his home between 9 and 10 o'clock, which would mean battle cruisers had left the harbor.
—David Martin, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
Admiral Nakhimov was the first Kirov-class battle cruiser to undergo comprehensive modernization.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, the Enterprise, too, makes an unnerving discovery: A Klingon battle cruiser is just sort of quietly hanging out, much like the Enterprise is quietly hanging out.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 July 2025
Japanese airpower destroyed supposedly impregnable British battle cruisers in the Pacific at the outset of World War II.
—Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2025
In the six-part The Belgrano Diary, O'Hagan explores whether the Thatcher government lied about the sinking of the Argentinian battle cruiser General Belgrano during the Falklands War in 1982.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024
Ghost is an interstellar battle cruiser of the imagination.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 3 July 2022
Such information helped Ukraine sink the battle cruiser Moskva.
—Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Frank Bajak, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2022
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“Battle cruiser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battle%20cruiser. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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