Definition of naval
1 obsolete : of or relating to ships or shipping
2a : of or relating to a navyb : consisting of or involving warships
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The base will mostly be a logistics hub for a naval squadron China has long sailed in these waters, escorting commercial vessels.
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The naval activity in the Baltic comes months after NATO established new brigades in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, beefed up by prepositioned American tanks and heavy armored vehicles.
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Meanwhile, the Navy views the Ford and its class of carriers as allowing the future of naval aviation.
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Dunkirk, a World War II film chock-full of aerial battle sequences and daring naval rescues, is much better suited.
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The first, a metallic wrap dress with black belt, boasted a thigh-high slit in the front and a naval-grazing plunging neckline.
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Enraged by colonial oppression in Cuba and blaming Spain for the mysterious explosion of a U.S. naval ship in Havana Harbor, the United States went to war.
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Even though the military was responsible for the contamination from the former naval air stations, by law it isn’t obligated to eliminate the chemicals from the drinking water.
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The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a major change in U.S. policy toward Taiwan as part of an annual defense-policy measure, voting to allow regular stops by U.S. naval vessels in a move that is likely to anger China.
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Origin and Etymology of naval
Middle English, from Latin navalis, from navis ship
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: of or relating to a country's navy
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: of or relating to a navy or warships naval vessels
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