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armada
/ɑɹˈmɑdə/
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What does armada mean?
noun
- A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.
- Any large army or fleet of military vessels.
- A large flock of anything.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A group of newts.
proper noun
- The Spanish Armada which sailed against England in 1588.
- A village in Michigan.
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IPA pronunciation
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Another Spanish ship surrendered, and another store of powder and shot was rescued for the destruction of the Armada.
We saw Tilbury Fort and remembered the Spanish Armada, Gravesend, Woolwich, and Greenwich—places which I had heard of even in my country.
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Our warriors then rushed up to the roofs of the buildings which we occupied and followed the retreating armada with a continuous fusillade of deadly fire.
And it soon appeared that the great Armada was anything but invincible, for on a summer night, bold Drake sent eight blazing fire-ships right into the midst of it.
The expectation of a rupture with the colonies, accordingly, has struck the people of Great Britain with more terror than they ever felt for a Spanish armada, or a French invasion.