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aircraft carrier

noun

a warship equipped with a large open deck for the taking off and landing of warplanes and with facilities to carry, service, and arm them.

aircraft carrier

a warship built with an extensive flat deck space for the launch and recovery of aircraft

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First recorded in 1915–20

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The U.S.S. George H.W. Bush, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, has been dispatched to the Persian Gulf.

And maybe that video of George W. Bush strutting around on an aircraft carrier in his flight suit.

On Thursday, the relief effort intensified with the arrival of an American aircraft carrier group just offshore.

He spoke as the US Navy said that its aircraft carrier the USS George Washington arrived to help the relief effort.

That dance does more harm to the Republic than an aircraft carrier full of Randy “Duke” Cunninghams ever could.

Next day an aircraft carrier put out of Naples with an escort of destroyers.

Ill be ready to sail in a month or two, on an aircraft carrier.

Minutes later, the two boys embarked in a motor launch that took them to an aircraft carrier standing by in the vicinity.

They were met by bombs from every plane the aircraft carrier could muster and from thirty land bombers as well.

The speedy aircraft carrier seemed to fairly leap along, carrying her home to America.

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