Navy SEAL
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- noun
- /ˈneɪvi siːl/
- Formal
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SEAL
- After years of rigorous training, she finally became a Navy SEAL, ready for special operations.
- U.S. Navy SEALs
- percent of Navy SEALs
He's the most controversial Navy SEAL of our times.
- He's the most controversial Navy SEAL of our times.
- Ray is the Navy SEAL and Steve is the Marine.
- There's a guy out there now who's a SEAL, a Navy SEAL, who does a podcast.
- What's something, Joker, that you learned only after being a Navy SEAL, that being a Navy SEAL couldn't teach you?
- When you get to the ground, are you getting actual security support from Navy Seals people and intelligence?
- He is former military ex Navy SEAL.
- Basic underwater demolition SEAL training, or BUDS for short, is the selection process for Navy Seals.
- What if I put a Navy SEAL next to these guys?
- So I was a Navy SEAL team Green Beret.
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Larry Yatch, a retired Navy SEAL, runs a personal protection training studio.
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He was a Navy SEAL.
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But I have every confidence in the Navy SEALs.
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The guy's a Navy SEAL.
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This guy's a Navy SEAL.
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In the future, son David is a Navy SEAL, leading a Joint Special Operations Command team.
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Ray is the Navy SEAL and Steve is the Marine.
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So we come back, we'll be talking to a Navy SEAL who helps entrepreneurs make that change.
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The character and integrity shown by these two former Navy SEALs is lacking in our current administration.
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Bless these two Navy SEALs for their dedication to their code of conduct.
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Synonyms
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A member of the US Navy trained to work at sea, in the air, and on land
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'navy' (sea military service) combined with 'SEAL' (trained for sea, air and land) yields a member of a naval special-operations unit. Although 'Navy SEAL' is the proper name of a U.S. unit, a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the basic idea (an elite naval operative) from the parts.
Etymology
Navy SEAL gets its name from the three words Sea, Air, and Land, the places these teams work, and the letters make the short word 'SEAL'. The image of a seal (an animal that moves between water and land) helps you remember that a Navy SEAL is a well-trained Navy member who carries out 'special missions' in water, in the air, and on land.