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landing force

noun

, Military.
  1. the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of landing force1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

The landing force consisted of four hundred British marines, and about fifteen hundred provincials, divided into four battalions.

Everything was under splendid control where a landing-force occupied the grid and all the ground immediately about it.

Washington had been misinformed as to the size of the landing force and had stationed only nine thousand men on Long Island.

Everything was under splendid control where a landing force occupied the grid and all the ground immediately about it.

The landing force formed into three parties, two of which attacked the flanks, and the third the centre.

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