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frogmen

  • plural
    of frogman.
    frogman
    noun
    a swimmer specially equipped with air tanks, wetsuit, diving mask, etc., for underwater demolition, salvage, military operations, scientific exploration, etc.

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Yet Iran primarily sets mines using frogmen on small boats that resemble ordinary fishing vessels, an informal maritime militia of dinghies that is virtually impossible to identify and eliminate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

He can only admit this after he adopts a passel of fanged frogmen that he somehow finds charming.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2023

They were called combat swimmers, and frogmen; they developed a myth around them.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2022

Office of Strategic Services to help train underwater demolition teams, or frogmen.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2022

The way it would work was this: when we landed in the Pacific, we would open our side hatch, and the Navy frogmen would throw in three rubber suits to us.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

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