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Generally
Adverb
  adapted
Verb
  from
Adposition
  passenger liners
they
Pronoun
  were
Auxiliary
  larger
Adjective
  than
Adposition
  the
Determiner
  German
German
Adjective
  merchant
Noun
  raiders
Noun
.

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

  1. Popularly or widely.
  2. As a rule; usually.
  3. Without reference to specific details.
  4. In the general case, without exception.
  5. (obsolete) Collectively; as a whole; without omissions.

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adapted

New
from

  1. Used to indicate source or provenance.
  2. Originating at (a year, time, etc.)
  3. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  4. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  5. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  6. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  7. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  8. Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
  9. Indicating removal or separation.
  10. Indicating removal or separation.
  11. Indicating exclusion.
  12. Indicating differentiation.
  13. Produced with or out of (a substance or material).
  14. Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.

New
passenger liners

plural of passenger liner

New
larger

comparative form of large: more large

German
New
German

New
merchant

New
raiders

plural of raider

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