naval forces

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naval forces - an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfarenavybroadside - the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warshipbroadside - all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warshipnaval unit - a military unit that is part of a navyarmed service, military service, service - a force that is a branch of the armed forcesarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"fleet - a group of warships organized as a tactical unitstation - (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty