battleships

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a very large military ship with big guns:

A plane sunk the battleship at sea.

Three submarines attacked the mighty battleship.

a game for two people in which they each try to guess the position of marks the other person has placed on a grid (= an arrangement of squares) representing ships and battleships:

One day it rained and we spent all day playing battleships.

Cries of "D-9!" and "You got me!" can be heard as people play Battleship.