assault boat
noun
a portable boat used for landing troops on beaches and for crossing rivers.
Origin of assault boat
1First recorded in 1940–45
- Also called storm boat.
Words Nearby assault boat
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How to use assault boat in a sentence
He leaned over the sight to fire again, but before he had sighted, an explosion blew the assault boat completely around.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet | Harold Leland GoodwinIt was close enough to the assault boat to haul it in with grappling hooks.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet | Harold Leland GoodwinRip realized suddenly that the cruiser was going to pick up the crippled assault boat.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet | Harold Leland GoodwinThe commander would lose nothing by picking up the assault boat, and he would save a few men.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet | Harold Leland GoodwinThe Connie cruiser was sliding up to the crippled assault boat.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet | Harold Leland Goodwin
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