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Definition of "fireships" [fireships]

  • Plural form of fireship. (noun)

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Use "fireships" in a sentence
  • "By midsummer, everyone was on the lookout for strangers who might turn out to be French agents, and Lord Lisle, as lord admiral, attempted a daring plan that involved sending fireships against the French in their own port at the mouth of the Seine."
  • "After four thousand years amongst humanity, the Kiriath finally abandoned this world, fleeing in their vast fireships back through the subterrenean portals leading to other worlds."
  • "Our seamen thought it was good sport to tow the fireships clear of the fleet, and ground them on the shore, where they burned out."