aircraft carrier
nounDefinition of aircraft carrier
: a warship with a flight deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed
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One morning in mid-November, while answering routine press questions about aircraft carriers off the Korean Peninsula and de-confliction zones in Syria, Jim Mattis quietly hinted at something far more important. — Robert F. Worth, New York Times, "Can Jim Mattis Hold the Line in Trump’s ‘War Cabinet’?," 26 Mar. 2018 According to the International Peace Bureau, the cost of one aircraft carrier could reforest an area of land larger than Florida. — Izumi Nakamitsu, Time, "Global Military Spending Has Doubled but the World Is No Safer," 25 Apr. 2018 The satellites help guide aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, drones in the skies above Yemen and fighter jets over Syria. — Helene Cooper, New York Times, "A Space Force? The Idea May Have Merit, Some Say," 23 June 2018 In the mid-1970s, while at the Zidell Explorations salvage yard on the Willamette River, Reynders found discarded gun turret shrouds pulled from the USS Bunker Hill, a WWII Essex-class aircraft carrier. — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, "Who will rescue the West Linn dome home from bankruptcy court? An artist, hobbit or developer? (photos)," 20 Mar. 2018 After graduation from the Naval Academy Steve served aboard the aircraft carrier, the USS Yorktown and was honored the day, in 1968, the ship's crew picked up the returning Apollo 8 space craft, meeting Astronauts Borman, Lovell and Anders. — courant.com, "Stephen H. Matheson," 3 June 2018 Its aircraft carrier, Liaoning, conducted drills with fighter jets in the area for the first time on Tuesday. — Alastair Jamieson /, NBC News, "U.S. warns China of 'consequences' over reported missiles in South China Sea," 4 May 2018 USS Mustin is part of the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier strike group, which has been patrolling the South China Sea in recent weeks. — Lucas Tomlinson, Fox News, "Two US warships sail through Taiwan Strait amid China trade war: officials," 7 July 2018 To improve India’s military capabilities, the United States has offered to sell it unarmed Guardian surveillance drones, aircraft carrier technologies and F-18 and F-16 fighter aircraft. — Washington Post, "US postpones high-level dialogue with India," 27 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'aircraft carrier.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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