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US
/ˈkɹuzɝ/
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[ UK /kɹˈuːzɐ/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈuːzɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer
- a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
- a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board
How To Use cruiser In A Sentence
- The Ticonderoga-class cruiser USSPrinceton(CG-59)detonated two Iraqibottom-moored influence mines(MANTAs) at the north end of the Persian Gulf and was seriously damaged.
- The single engine, semi-displacement hull form with deep forefoot and a long deep keel actually more closely resembles Down East-style workboats and cruisers.
- The ships of several passenger and mail lines were also purchased, or leased as auxiliary cruisers, and were at once remanned and put in commission. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom
- The cruiser was pulled up below and the cops were questioning an old man with gray hair.
- A cruiser and a destroyer, both badly hit, thus became the only survivors to escape. Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 194445
- It's a coastal cruiser, an island hopper, or a gunkholer.
- Certainly not establishing any huge steps forward for the aeronautical field, the specification called for a robust aircraft that could operate from the catapults being carried by the battleships and cruisers of the day.
- The harbour has both a commercial quayside and marina which was crowded with expensive yachts and cruisers.
- Driving full throttle on his wheel rims, he trundled back to Augusta at 30 mph and meandered through downtown, trailed by a posse of 14 cruisers.
- The only major sea battle in World War began with fighting between Royal Navy squadrons of battle-cruisers under Beatty and a German squadron under Rear Admiral von Hipper.