anti-submarine

adjective

an·​ti-sub·​ma·​rine ˌan-tē-ˈsəb-mə-ˌrēn 

-ˌsəb-mə-ˈrēn, 

ˌan-tī-

variants or antisubmarine

: directed against submarines : designed or intended to destroy submarines

anti-submarine warfare

Examples of anti-submarine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Advanced destroyers The exercise included anti-submarine operations. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026

The modular design allows for three standard payload modules to be installed or one extra-large module, enabling missions such as Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), mine countermeasures, anti-submarine warfare, and undersea cable and pipeline inspection. —David Szondy march 22, New Atlas, 22 Mar. 2026

For the foreseeable future, torpedoes will still be the main weapon for submarine and anti-submarine warfare. —James Dwyer, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026

Based on a commercial Boeing 737 airframe, the twin-engine Navy jets, named Poseidon, are used for anti-submarine warfare as well as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. —Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-submarine

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