: a warship with a flight deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed
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That work cannot be accomplished from the deck of an aircraft carrier.—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 3 Jan. 2026 Tensions with China worsen The flap with Beijing escalated in December when Chinese aircraft locked their radars, considered possible preparation for firing missiles, on Japanese planes during Chinese aircraft carrier drills near southwestern Japan.—Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2025 This approach blurs the line between amphibious ship and light aircraft carrier.—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025 The pair is swept up in White House intrigue, propelled by a potboiler narrative about a terrorist attack on a British aircraft carrier.—David Faris, TheWeek, 29 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aircraft carrier
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