Generally

Adverb

  adapted

Verb

  from

Adposition

  passenger liners

,  they

Pronoun

  were

Auxiliary

  larger

Adjective

  than

Adposition

  the

Determiner

  German

Adjective

  merchant

Noun

  raiders

Noun

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Generally adapted from passenger liners, they were larger than the German merchant raiders.

Generally adapted from passenger liners, they were larger than the German merchant raiders.