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ashore

adverb as in toward, onto land from water

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On June 6, 1944, the greatest amphibious force ever assembled began to fight its way ashore.

"U.S.," he said next, pointing to where we stood, shaking his head to indicate that he wouldn't step ashore.

My novel starts in New Salem, as Lincoln is washed ashore as a young man who has yet to define himself.

Here he is describing the state of the body when it is hauled ashore: “Its humanity had been lost to the ravages of nature.”

Edward had crossed the Channel to put an army ashore in Flanders.

This vessel, loaded with supplies, went ashore and was lost; and one hundred and twenty Japanese and three Dutchmen were drowned.

He has been ashore at Kum Kale and reports violent fighting and, for the time being, victory.

A few moments afterward he was seen dragging his own trunk ashore, while Mr. Hitchcock finished his story on the boiler deck.

I was right, so it seems, about getting ashore before the enemy could see to shoot out to sea.

There were machine guns here which wiped out the landing parties whenever they tried to get ashore North of the present line.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ashore, such as: aground, beached, on dry land, on land, on shore, and shorewards.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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