Fleet
Fleet verb - Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart.
Zoom
Zoom verb - To fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Notably averted in American Conquest, where barracks are indeed the size of a regiment, and you often need to zoom out to manage your fleet.
Source: Units Not to Scale -
If I Wanted You Dead...: The Americans, being understandably nervous about the Soviet fleet off their shores, give them several such moments, with the Crowning Moment of Awesome being having four A-10 Warthogs zoom in under the radar horizon and box the Kirov with flares.
- This Is the Part Where...: In Let's Drown Out FTL, after Yahtzee pointed out that an enemy fleet was trying to flee, Yahtzee said that, if this were to be a typical Star Trek episode, this will be the part of an ad break and a zoom in to Picard's face looking serious.
Source: Lets Play / Let's Drown Out
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Zoom or Fleet. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fleet/zoom.
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