: a warship with a flight deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed
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As of Friday, the aircraft carrier was in port in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025 China’s newest amphibious assault ship, the Type 076 Sichuan, seems to have started testing its electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS), a technology only found on the world’s most advanced aircraft carriers.—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025 Among them is the Liaoning aircraft carrier lurking in waters close to the Philippines.—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 Above the surface, the navy has 122 surface combatants, which include 11 aircraft carriers, 11 cruisers and 74 destroyers.—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aircraft carrier
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