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Definition of seaborne
1 : borne over or on the sea a seaborne invasion
2 : carried on by oversea shipping seaborne trade
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Recent Examples of seaborne from the Web
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Since then the U.S. has threatened a seaborne assault.
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China’s steel industry accounts for about half of global supply, and its mills buy about two-thirds of seaborne cargoes, mostly from Australia and Brazil.
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A multi-million-dollar upgrade is under way at Port Everglades’ Cruise Terminal 2 to ready it for the worldwide debut of Carnival Corp.’s new age of seaborne pleasures: a wearable medallion that caters to every passenger’s whim.
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The world’s oceans are littered with trillions of pieces of plastic — bottles, bags, toys, fishing nets and more, mostly in tiny particles — and now this seaborne junk is making its way into the Arctic.
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The Origin of Operation Overlord: Operation Overlord was the codename the Allies used for the Battle of Normandy, the largest seaborne invasion in history that liberated Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control.
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The pressure on Rome to ease its migration problem is growing after the country saw a record 180,000 migrants arrive by boat last year, bringing the total of seaborne arrivals to about half a million since the start of 2014.
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The two others are Ahmed Saadat, leader of the radical PLO faction that carried out the assassination, and Fuad Shobaki, alleged mastermind of a seaborne Palestinian arms shipment intercepted by the Israeli navy in January.
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First Known Use of seaborne
1823
SEABORNE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of seaborne for English Language Learners
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: carried in a ship sailing across the sea
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: involving or using ships that sail across the sea
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