seaborne

Modifies a noun

• invasion: BBC D-Day: On 6 June, 1944, the Allies began the liberation of Europe with the most daring seaborne invasion in history.
• excursion: A fun part of holidays in the Maldives are the outstanding seaborne excursions.
• assault: This action coincided with a British seaborne assault on the coast further south.
• trade: The ports are a primary gateway to Europe handling 15 % of all UK seaborne trade.
• attack: This was the only seaborne attack of this sort to be tried on Malta.
• landing: Early disappointments had seen two seaborne landings against the Japanese fail.

Modifying Another Word

• primarily: A central message of the gallery is that the Empire was primarily seaborne, despite the predominance of land-based images of the Empire today.