| 单词 | commerce-crushing |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommerce-crushing commerce-crushing adj. commerce-destroyer n. a fast cruiser designed to destroy the merchant vessels of an enemy; so commerce-destroying; similarly commerce-raider, commerce-raiding. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > destroyer commerce-destroyer1886 destroyer1893 destroyer-leader1927 destroyer-escort1945 c1819 J. Bentham Wks. II. 383 The continent-blockading and commerce-crushing decrees proclaimed by Buonaparte. 1886 Harper's Mag. June 20/1 She could also be of service as a commerce destroyer. 1890 A. T. Mahan Influence Sea Power 31 That form of warfare which has lately received the name of commerce-destroying. 1892 Daily News 28 July 6/7 The New United States Commerce Destroyer. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 23 May 6/3 Arming several more of their steamers as auxiliary cruisers and commerce destroyers. 1906 L. C. Cornford Defenceless Islands 71 A commerce-raiding squadron. 1906 L. C. Cornford Defenceless Islands 82 The Sumter had been gaily commerce-destroying for more than four months. 1927 Observer 29 May 20/4 The commerce-raider's career. < as lemmas |
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