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NAVAL FORCES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
Synonyms:
naval forces; navy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("naval forces" is a kind of...):
armed service; military service; service (a force that is a branch of the armed forces)
Meronyms (members of "naval forces"):
naval unit (a military unit that is part of a navy)
fleet (a group of warships organized as a tactical unit)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Domain member category:
broadside (the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship)
broadside (all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship)
station ((nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty)
