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  • adjective informal antisubmarine

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ sub

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Examples

  • The View from Taiwan: Orion antisub aircraft to arrive -- 5 years from now

    Orion antisub aircraft to arrive -- 5 years from now Michael Turton 2009

  • Orion antisub aircraft to arrive -- 5 years from now

    Archive 2009-02-01 Michael Turton 2009

  • Orion antisub aircraft to arrive -- 5 years from now

    Orion antisub aircraft to arrive -- 5 years from now Michael Turton 2009

  • The USS Ward, patrolling the area, sank one of the subs, but at least two gained entry when the antisub nets were left open center right.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • The USS Ward, patrolling the area, sank one of the subs, but at least two gained entry when the antisub nets were left open center right.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • The USS Ward, patrolling the area, sank one of the subs, but at least two gained entry when the antisub nets were left open center right.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • The USS Ward, patrolling the area, sank one of the subs, but at least two gained entry when the antisub nets were left open center right.

    DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

  • A Soviet antisub helicopter had seen the missile launch and was racing in at them.

    Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

  • The Russians could only assume a major effort was under way to penetrate their patrol barrier, and had sent their antisub patrol force west to meet it.

    Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

  • The arms purchase is crowding out weapons and training Taiwan needs for weapons that are insufficient (Patriots), dependent upon assumptions that will not work out (the antisub aircraft require that Taiwan control the air, or are useless (submarines).

    Taiwan's Defense Option (ii): Arms Procurement "Accounting" Sun Bin 2005

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