su|per|dread|nought

su|per|dread|nought
su|per|dread|nought «SOO puhr DREHD nt», noun.
any very large, heavily armored warship of the battleship class built between about 1910 and the end of World War II, usually having a main armament of eight or more guns of a single caliber in the range from 12 inches upward.

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