AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amphibious operation mean? 

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

1. a military operation by both land and sea forces

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A military operation by both land and sea forces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

military operation; operation (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign))

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amphibious operation"):

amphibious demonstration (an amphibious operation conducted for the purpose of deceiving the enemy and leading him into a course of action unfavorable to him)

amphibious assault (an amphibious operation attacking a land base that is carried out by troops that are landed by naval ships)

Instance hyponyms:

Dunkerque; Dunkirk (an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire)