Marines
- noun
- /məˈriːnz/
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Marines
- The Marines are trained to carry out complex amphibious operations when necessary.
But we're always Marines and we stayed friends.
- But we're always Marines and we stayed friends.
- I'm a friend of Flash in the Marines in in England.
- A lot of them were Vietnam era combat Marines that were drill instructors.
- So, so I, I always wanted to join the Marines didn't for whatever reason.
- So January, we both joined the Marines at different times.
- This Marine stole a bunch of other Marines identities.
- There was another, you know, Navy guy part of like a Marine union, Daniel Meeks.
- And it was the perfect start to to the Marines and going on an operational tour.
- You know, maybe Ken Griffey Junior will join the Marines.
- And there was a were they Marines?
- I've seen Marines have mental breakdowns under the stress of law school.
- So you know what I'm talking about, OCS, the Marines take choosing their officers very seriously.
Examples
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Army soldiers and Marines steaming toward the Marshall Islands.
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As was mentioned, the project tracks a battalion of Marines in southern Afghanistan.
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But we're always Marines and we stayed friends.
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And that's the first time I saw American Marines in England.
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Her younger brother, Mike Smith, was a career Marine special operator, EOD.
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But during my time in the Marines I encountered a stroke slash heart attack.
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The phone booth door pops open, and a pair of MARINES grab him and yank him out.
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And I don't have enough Marines to protect our embassies.
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A lot of them were Vietnam era combat Marines that were drill instructors.
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I've seen Marines have mental breakdowns under the stress of law school.
Synonyms
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3.6
A part of a country's armed forces trained to fight from ships and planes to land
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3.2
A branch of the United States armed forces trained to fight on land and from ships
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3.1
A part of the US military that fights on land and from ships
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A branch of the United States military that trains to fight from ships and beaches
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A branch of the United States military that fights from ships and goes ashore
Idioms
Compounds
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3.2
A branch of the United States armed forces trained to fight on land and from ships
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Marines is a word that comes from the same root as marine and mariner, from Latin marinus meaning 'of the sea'. So, Marines are soldiers trained to fight both at sea and on land, and the name helps you remember their link to the 'sea'.