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verb · transitive · rare

depth charge

depth charge · depth charges · depth charged · depth charging

To attack with depth chargesTo attack (a target, usually a submarine) with depth charges.

Meaning

1 senses

To attack (a target, usually a submarine) with depth charges.
After the freighter was torpedoed, its escorting destroyers depth charged the submarine for two hours, but failed to sink it.

Forms

depth charges, depth charging, depth charged, depth charged

Base form	depth charge · to depth charge
3rd person singular	depth charges
Present participle	depth charging
Past simple	depth charged
Past participle	depth charged

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	depth charge
he, she, it	depth charges

Past simpleLesson

all persons

depth charged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have depth charged
he, she, it	has depth charged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will depth charge

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

depressiveC2 deprivationC1 depriveB1 depthB1 deputize deputyB2 der

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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