Antonyms for amphibious
æmˈfɪb i əsam·phibi·ous

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1. amphibious, amphibianadjective

   relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia

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

   Synonyms:
   amphibian

2. amphibiousadjective

   operating or living on land and in water

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

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

   Synonyms:
   amphibian

How to use amphibious in a sentence?

1. Sidharth Kaushal:

   The Taiwanese air force would have to sink around 40 % of the amphibious landing forces of the PLA in order to render this sort of mission infeasible.

2. Sam Tangredi:

   However, it was the overall might of US industry and the size of the US fleet (particularly its logistics and amphibious ships) that ground out victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy.

3. Rory Medcalf:

   Pro-defense spending actors within China can easily say China is expanding its global role to justify spending on submarines, amphibious ships and aircraft carriers.

4. Professor Auke Ijspeert:

   We're now making an amphibious robot that will have the same swimming and walking properties, but will be a bit more sturdy, here clearly there's a big interest of having a robot that can crawl, go through small spaces, can swim a bit. And if you have a collapsed building; you think there are survivors, you will not send a dog because maybe the building is too dangerous. It may be very interesting to have an amphibious robot that you remote control; see if there are survivors and decide then if it's worth sending a team or not.

5. 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.

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