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Meaning of commerce raiding | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A form of naval warfare that primarily targets enemy merchant ships on the open sea.

countable, historical, uncountable

Equivalents

日本語通商破壊

Examples

“Although the Admiralty have ⟳ published no report ⟳ on the subject of the last ⟳ manœuvres, it is generally believed that, during the short period commerce raiding lasted, Sir W. May's fleet, limited as the area was, and stringent as the rules laid down as to exemptions, did far more damage ⟳ to our trade ⟳ than the authorities care to make ⟳ known.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Commerced commercial commercial at commercial bank commercial banking commercial break

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