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gunboat

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gun·boat  (gnbt)
n.
A small armed vessel.
gunboat [ˈgʌnˌbəʊt]
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) a small shallow-draft vessel carrying mounted guns and used by coastal patrols, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gunboatgunboat - a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols
boat - a small vessel for travel on water
Translations
gunboat [ˈgʌnbəʊt]
A. N (seagoing) → cañonero m; (small) → lancha f cañonera
B. CPD gunboat diplomacy N → diplomacia f cañonera
gunboat [ˈgʌnbəʊt] n → canonnière f
gunboat diplomacy n → politique f de la canonnière
gun control n → contrôle m des armes à feu gun control laws
gun control laws npl → lois fpl sur le contrôle des armes à feu
gun crime n → crime m commis avec une arme à feu
gun culture n → culture f des armes à feu
gun dog n → chien m de chasse
gunboat [ˈgʌnˌbəʊt] n → cannoniera
gunboat [ˈgʌnˌbəʊt] n → cannoniera


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In addition, when it became evident that the air must be fought for, the air-sailors were provided with rifles with explosive bullets of oxygen or inflammable substance, but no airship at any time ever carried as much in the way of guns and armour as the smallest gunboat on the navy list had been accustomed to do.
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Shells were falling all round till a tiny French gunboat came out of Bayonne and shooed the Numancia away out of territorial waters.
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