I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
submarine sandwich
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
nuclear
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Her earrings and he had to look twice to confirm this-were tiny nuclear submarines , dangling nose up.
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It would not be able to spot nuclear submarines , such as Polaris, for example.
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A visitor to the control room of this nuclear missile submarine might pass it by without a second thought.
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Why does the navy need 80 nuclear attack submarines ?
soviet
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If you stopped the flights, Soviet submarines would go undetected.
trident
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This country is building three Trident submarines and there is increasing pressure to build a fourth.
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The Navy has 16 Trident submarines in service.
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He served aboard the Trident ballistic missile submarines Alabama and Florida.
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A Conservative government would press ahead with plans for a fourth Trident submarine and a helicopter carrier.
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Now Mr Major is expected to announce that the Trident submarines will carry far fewer than the expected 512 warheads.
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By ordering the fourth Trident submarine , the Conservatives show they are the only party to be trusted with defending Britain.
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This name has lately been given to a Trident submarine .
■ NOUN
attack
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Why does the navy need 80 nuclear attack submarines ?
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He was executive officer aboard the Honolulu, a nuclear attack submarine .
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The Navy also wants 12 new attack submarines with a price tag of $ 17. 6 billion.
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Over several years there has been an unannounced shift in the Navy's deployment of attack submarines .
enemy
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Occasionally, a long, dark pike-shaped shadow passed through the clouded water like a small enemy submarine .
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Our ships sped to the southeast, making better than 20 knots to escape possible pursuit by enemy submarines .
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The planes were on their way to neutralize any enemy submarines which might be lying in wait for us outside Bungo Strait.
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Yet it had to be done, for we were entering waters patrolled by enemy submarines .
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Beyond the strait it was expected that we might encounter enemy submarines .
■ VERB
sink
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When she was two hundred and fifty miles off the coast of Ireland the Athenia was attacked and sunk by a submarine .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Trident missile/submarine
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A Conservative government would press ahead with plans for a fourth Trident submarine and a helicopter carrier.
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Each tube can hold a Trident missile with up to eight nuclear warheads that can be flung 4, 000 nautical miles.
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The Trident missile was launched from a submarine at 7: 16 p. m. off the coast of Florida.
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The Navy has 16 Trident submarines in service.
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This country is building three Trident submarines and there is increasing pressure to build a fourth.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a nuclear submarine
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A ship could nevertheless be navigated accurately, especially when up-to-date hydrographic data was available from offshore surveys by submarines.
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Around 100 submarines withdrawn from service are moored at sea because there are no facilities for treating their radioactive components.
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He was executive officer aboard the Honolulu, a nuclear attack submarine .
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If you stopped the flights, Soviet submarines would go undetected.
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The bows sliced across the forward hull tearing a great gash, but the submarine bounced rather than being ripped instantly in two.
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The McKee, with its crew of 1, 515 officers and sailors, is a full-service repair ship for submarines.
II. adjective
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submarine mountain ranges
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The thermal input from hydrothermal springs along submarine spreading centers may drive major patterns of deepwater circulation.