Meaning of lost with all hands | Babel Free
Definitions
Destroyed or sunk, with all passengers and crew having died in the process.
not-comparable
Equivalents
Nederlands
met man en muis vergaan
Русский
затонул со всеми на борту
Examples
“On the other hand, HMS Colossus takes multiple hits from several battleships at once, having drifted closer to the German fleet than the rest⟳ of her squadron. She explodes as multiple magazine detonations rip the ship apart, and is lost with all hands.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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