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super-dreadnought
super-dreadnought n. 
/ˈsjuːpəˌdrɛdnɔːt/, /ˈsupərˌdrɛdˌnɑt/ now historical a battleship with an armament of big guns superior to that of the Dreadnought class; (more generally) any large battleship.
Brit. /ˈsuːpəˌdrɛdnɔːt/
, /ˈsuːpəˌdrɛdnɔːt//ˈsjuːpəˌdrɛdnɔːt/U.S. /ˈsupərˌdrɛdˌnɔt/
, /ˈsupərˌdrɛdˌnɔt//ˈsupərˌdrɛdˌnɑt/ΚΠ
1908 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 795 Her [sc. England's] Cabinet has agreed that, beginning this year, she shall lay down no fewer than eight Dreadnoughts, or super-Dreadnoughts, annually, for at least four years.
1943 Pop. Sci. Aug. 66/2 A superdreadnought equipped with radar, as ours are, can locate an unseen enemy battleship and drop a broadside upon it.
2007 G. C. Peden Arms, Econ. & Brit. Strategy i. 26 The British super-dreadnoughts, the ‘Queen Elizabeth’ class, were the first British battleships to use oil instead of coal.
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