Synonyms for amphibious
æmˈfɪb i əsam·phibi·ous

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1. amphibious, amphibianadjective

   relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia

   Synonyms:
   amphibian

   Antonyms:
   aquatic, submerged, subaquatic, subaqueous, submersed, onshore, overland, marine, terrestrial, underwater, semiaquatic

2. amphibiousadjective

   operating or living on land and in water

   "amphibious vehicles"; "amphibious operations"; "amphibious troops"; "frogs are amphibious animals"

   Synonyms:
   amphibian

   Antonyms:
   submersed, marine, underwater, submerged, subaquatic, semiaquatic, aquatic, terrestrial, onshore, subaqueous, overland

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1. List of paraphrases for "amphibious":

   ground-water, amphibian

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1. Vasily Kashin:

   Before we had to use amphibious landing ships to carry supplies to Syria. But now they are not sufficient and we are creating a new class of military transports which are part of the navy but in fact are pure cargo ships.

2. Grant Newsham:

   Capabilities haven't developed as quickly or as fully as they might, the Symposium will hopefully coalesce these ongoing but somewhat disjointed efforts towards amphibious capability.

3. Randy Forbes:

   From unmanned carrier aviation, to critical Air Force strike and airlift programs, to investment in Marine Corps amphibious programs, to the next-generation undersea nuclear deterrent, this year’s mark will help sustain America’s power projection capabilities in the years ahead.

4. Robert Walsh:

   We’re looking at all the different ways to repurpose them and use them in different ways to augment the current fleet. If you take these ships for some operations you can allow an amphibious ready group to focus on other missions.

5. Michael Logue:

   I stand up on overwatch and we start rolling forward. And 30 seconds later, I see a Marine in the open. I see a fireball. And then I see I, you know, start to feel explode, you know, start to hear the explosion because you always kind of feel it and see things first and then then you actually hear it, it was a pressure plate, IED with like hacksaw blades, and it shot the amount of explosives, had a piece of steel over top of it. So it creates a big shaped charge. And it just sliced right through the aluminum underbelly of this Amphibious Assault Vehicle hitting all the jet fuel, hitting all the 50,000 rounds of ammunition.