amphibious
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6.2
- adjective
- /æmˈfɪbiəs/
- Many amphibious vehicles are designed to travel seamlessly between land and water.
- amphibious assault
- amphibious landing
- amphibious operation
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- All right, Jeff, the Hobo, it is true that there were some amphibious landings during the Great War.
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- And it's, it's an invasion, an amphibious landing that almost everyone is opposed to because success is not certain.
- So, so the question of amphibious operation hard.
- They moved the second class school over to Naval Amphibious Base Coronado.
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Examples
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In the greatest amphibious operation ever attempted... ...a predawn naval bombardment prepares the way... ...for allied soldiers to assault the Normandy beaches... ...and claw out a desperate foothold on the continent of Europe.
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The 1942 landings in North Africa provided some lessons for a large-scale amphibious operation.
Academic text (1994) -
The only chance is an assault with a small amphibious force.
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Which is not enough time for a major amphibious landing.
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Because the capability was never lost, amphibious assault was always a potential threat that enemies had to consider.
Fiction book (2000) -
The 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit's alert status has just been upgraded.
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They're going for an amphibious landing the day after tomorrow... ...on the east coast.
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To seize the island, a very large, well-coordinated, amphibious operation would have to take place.
Academic text (1997) -
A more probable scenario would be an amphibious operation against the Taiwanese-held islands off the mainland.
Academic text (1997) -
India still deploys regular warships and amphibious vessels converted for search, rescue, and relief missions.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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6.3
Living partly in water and partly on land
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9.9
Found on both land and in water
Compounds
- Specialized
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8.3
A military attack in which troops move from ships or planes onto an enemy shore
- Specialized
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8.1
A military action that lands soldiers from ships onto a shore
How Amphibious
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Amphibious comes from Greek parts amphi- meaning 'both' and bio- meaning 'life', the same 'bio' you see in biology. So an amphibious vehicle or robot is one that can work or move on both water and land.