Meanings
adjectiveship-to-ship (not comparable)
- not comparableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ship, to.
a ship-to-ship message
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Most ship-to-ship engagements are skirmishes between patrol vessels of cruiser weight and below, with dreadnoughts and carriers only deployed in full-scale fleet actions. Battles in open space are short and often inconclusive, as the weaker opponent generally disengages.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Space Combat Codex entry
Translations
German Schiff-Schiff
- Schiff-Schifffired from a ship to another ship
Polish statek–statek
- statek–statekfired from a ship to another ship
Turkish gemiden gemiye
- gemiden gemiyefired from a ship to another ship
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