Thesaurus results for SUBMARINES

submarines

noun

plural of submarine

as in torpedoes

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Recent Examples of submarines Until Hoxha's break with Nikita Khrushchev's USSR, after the abjuration of Stalinism, Sazan was in Soviet hands, a thorn in the side of the West, a base for 12 Whiskey-class submarines and of chemical-biological weapons plants. —

Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026 In modern submarines, such systems collect sonar information, track targets, and calculate firing solutions. —

Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 June 2026 The Navy also uses Port Canaveral for several vessels including nuclear submarines. —

Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026 Everyone expected bombing, submarines, battleships, and all hell to break loose at any moment. —

Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026

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Such exercises are critical for evaluating the real-world performance of weapons like torpedoes, as only so much can be learned from computer modelling.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 June 2026
Loosed of the wartime imperative to manufacture anti-aircraft guns and submarine torpedoes, factories were free to make bone-rattling dishwashers and mint-colored refrigerators.

— Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026