AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amphibious assault mean? 

• AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT (noun)
  The noun AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT has 1 sense:

1. an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships

  Familiarity information: AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("amphibious assault" is a kind of...):

amphibious operation (a military operation by both land and sea forces)

Instance hyponyms:

Eniwetok (World War II (February 1944); American infantry landed and captured a Japanese stronghold)

Inchon (a battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon)

invasion of Iwo; Iwo; Iwo Jima (a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945))

Kwajalein (an amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base)

Leyte; Leyte invasion; Leyte Island (a battle in World War II; the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese)

Saipan (US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II)

Salerno (a battle in World War II; the port was captured by United States troops in September 1943)

Makin; Tarawa; Tarawa-Makin (battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting)

Battle of Wake; Battle of Wake Island (in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines)