Meaning of supercannon | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of supergun.

Examples

“The introduction of the submarine, the aeroplane, and the dirigible, made possible by the invention of the internal-combustion engine, the use⟳ of the wireless telegraph and telephone, and the employment of lethal gases, of supercannon and possibly of aerial torpedoes make⟳ obsolete many rules formerly observed but now ignored.”

“Six or seven battleships, even if in good fighting trim, are little in, themselves, but they may become⟳ much if they can ever be assured of striking in co-operation with the adequate and well-trained coastal flotillas and supercannon batteries, if when moving across the Western Mediterranean, at all times spanned by wireless and aerial transport⟳ communications, the admiral-in-chief can feel⟳, at a safe distance across his van as well as abeam and in the rear, a double⟳ and imperviable screen of weatherly and reliable aerial and submarine satellites, guarding against all possibilities of surprise⟳, and giving time for tactical maneuvers and for his heavy guns to pound with some effect on an incoming enemy.”

“Teutonic autocratic Steel-City, built around a factory for supercannons by evil scientist boss, is foiled by our hero and vaguely balanced by the rosewater suburbanite colony of France-Ville.”

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