fire ship

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   a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy ships

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Questions about fire ship

What does fire ship mean?

fire ship means "a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy ships".

Is fire ship a common word?

fire ship is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.