| 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
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(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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| Noun | 1. |  fire ship - a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy shipsweapon, weapon system, arm - any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" |
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