Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small fleet.
- noun A fleet of small craft.
- noun A naval unit consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships.
- noun Informal A group of vehicles owned or operated as a unit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little fleet; a fleet of small vessels.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical A small
fleet ofwarships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fleet of small craft
- noun a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One of the primary reasons the Turkish Government has been so angry in its denunciations of the Israeli attack on the flotilla is because many of the dead were Turkish citizens.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Israeli Version of Ship Incident 2010
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Then, since they know that the goal of the flotilla is not delivering goodies, they could do that by letting the Israelis inspect the boat, you avoid civilian deaths as much as possible.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “Free Gaza” Activists’ Version of the Ship Incident 2010
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In other words, the flotilla is more about a show than about reality.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Israeli Version of Ship Incident 2010
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Obviously, if there were, the flotilla is to blame for the violence.
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Last campaign, the word flotilla was misunderstood.
The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton Nelson, Horatio 1814
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If not, I don’t see how the flotilla is supposed to immediately distinguish between being boarded by a state acting legitimately versus a violent attack.
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By the way, the more I read, the more I am convinced that the flotilla was an example of how perhaps well-meaning, American and European leftists/peace activitists, who thought they were on a humanitarian mission, were being used by much more militant, violent activists who wanted to provoke Israel to achieve a major propaganda victory on behalf of Hamas.
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I do personally think that a positive impact of the flotilla is the prospect of increasing the political space occupied in Palestine by nonviolent resistance to the occupation, and the fact that the flotilla last year had this impact is a matter of public record I give the direct quote from the Hamas parliamentarian below.
Robert Naiman: Occupying Political Space for Palestinian Nonviolent Resistance Robert Naiman 2011
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Israel calls the flotilla a provocation and has stepped up diplomatic efforts to block it.
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Israel calls the flotilla a provocation and has stepped up diplomatic efforts to block it.
Israel Authorizes New Palestinian Housing Project in Gaza 2011
dimã©lion commented on the word flotilla
a thin, flat pancake of corn or flour which mysteriously defies the laws of gravity.
November 22, 2008
madmouth commented on the word flotilla
Much More Scary Than They Sound
May 14, 2009