Fleet and Line

Fleet

Fleet noun - A group of vehicles traveling together or under one management.

Usage example: a fleet of buses rolling down the highway

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Line and fleet are semantically related. in group of ships topic. In some cases you can use "Line" instead a noun "Fleet".

Line noun - A group of vehicles traveling together or under one management.

Usage example: she owns a line of limousines

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Fleet and line are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fleet" instead a noun "Line".

Nearby Words: lined, linear, lineup, lineage, lineal

full	full fleet	full line
similar	similar fleet	similar line
small	small fleet	small line
actual	actual fleet	actual line
Other adjectives: entire, massive, big, great, little, main, major, titular, last.

Fighting a running war through enemy territory with no supply line beyond what the fleet can salvage from enemy ships or facilities can do this.

Source: Literature / The Lost Fleet
The Legion's fleet, while nonetheless capable of landing assault forces and suppressing piracy, cannot stand in the line of battle against a modern fleet.

Source: Literature / Carrera's Legions
The idea is that a major navy would do most of its commerce raiding and Gunboat Diplomacy with a fleet of cruisers, and keep the battleships for fleet actions against the battleship fleets of other navies — similar to the roles of frigates and ships-of-the-line during the Age of Sail.

Source: Useful Notes / History of Naval Warfare

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