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fire ship
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fire ship
n.
A military vessel loaded with explosives and combustible material and set adrift among enemy ships or fortifications to destroy them.

fire ship
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) a vessel loaded with explosives and used, esp formerly, as a bomb by igniting it and directing it to drift among an enemy's warships
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Noun1.fire ship - a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy shipsfire ship - a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy ships
weapon, weapon system, arm - any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"


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