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gunboat
/ ˈɡʌnˌbəʊt /
noun
- a small shallow-draft vessel carrying mounted guns and used by coastal patrols, etc
Example Sentences
One day, driven by curiosity, Asmaa walked to the nearby beach, where she marvelled at the sight of Gazans frolicking in the waves, despite the ominous presence of Israeli gunboats patrolling offshore.
And it is the sea from which, Zouahra says, a shell from an Israeli gunboat brought death to her husband.
Gaza's fishermen are regularly shot at by Israeli gunboats if they venture farther in the Mediterranean Sea than Israel permits.
Forced to abandon their gunboats, the sailors became artillerymen manning the defenses on land at Bladensburg.
China's coast guard said earlier it had taken "necessary measures" to drive away the gunboat out of the Scarborough Shoal after it ignored repeated warnings.
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