amphibious assault

1. 1.

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

   Broaderamphibious operation

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Questions about amphibious assault

What does amphibious assault mean?

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

Is amphibious assault a common word?

amphibious assault is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.