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AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A military operation by both land and sea forces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("amphibious operation" is a kind of...):
military operation; operation (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign))
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amphibious operation"):
amphibious demonstration (an amphibious operation conducted for the purpose of deceiving the enemy and leading him into a course of action unfavorable to him)
amphibious assault (an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships)
Instance hyponyms:
Dunkerque; Dunkirk (an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire)
