Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun philippine_sea

1 sense of philippine sea

Sense 1
Philippine Sea, battle of the Philippine Sea -- (a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte)
       INSTANCE OF=> naval battle -- (a pitched battle between naval fleets)