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naval battle
(redirected from Sea battle)

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Noun1.naval battle - a pitched battle between naval fleetsnaval battle - a pitched battle between naval fleets
battle, engagement, fight, conflict - a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
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