attack submarine

/əˌtæk ˌˈsʌbməˌrin/
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Other forms: attack submarines

Definitions of attack submarine
  1. noun
    a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping
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    type of:
    U-boat, pigboat, sub, submarine
    a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
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