rescue boat

collocation in English

meaningsofrescueandboat

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rescue
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈres.kjuː/us
/ˈres.kjuː/
the act of helping someone out of a dangerous or ...
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boat
noun[C]
uk
/bəʊt/us
/boʊt/
a small vehicle for travelling ...
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(Definition ofrescueandboatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In addition, the regulations provide for arescueboatto be carried on all vessels.
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Tezanos along with a gang of several other hastily assembled volunteers scrambled on board arescueboat.
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The ship apparently sank very rapidly, there was no launching of anyrescueboat, and the help signal was brief, without giving the coordinates.
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The firstrescueboatset out at nearly low tide.
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It has 20 rescue cruisers (usually piggybacking a smallerrescueboat), mostly operated by own full-time personnel and 40 rescue boats operated by volunteers.
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There is an additional rigid-hulled inflatable boat which serves as a fastrescueboat.
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Initial attempts to row arescueboatout to the wrecked and disintegrating schooner failed, with two boatmen lost overboard.
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One passenger said that she sustained a fractured right ankle and a lacerated hand when arescueboatbacked over her.
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The vessel has two 50-men enclosed lifeboats and a fastrescueboat.
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One of its more challenging kayaking expeditions is to observe crocodiles from up close, with arescueboaton standby.
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Raising it to a horizontal position means that arescueboatis required to assist with the rescue.
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The raft eventually made it out to therescueboat, but they finished 1 minute, 38 seconds outside the time limit and won nothing.
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Most helicopter pilots andrescueboatcaptains refused to load pets in order to hold more people.
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A charity appeal was established in 1992 to equip the town with its own inshorerescueboat.
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The steersman failed to see therescueboat, as the boat had no navigation lights, and both barges collided with it.
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The captain tied a rope around his waist and jumped into the water, just as therescueboathad set out from shore.
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The onerescueboatthat was in the river at the time was busy with other jumpers, and could not make it to him.
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The medic cut the belts loose to enable the other rescuers to bring him aboard therescueboat.
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The station has a helicopter landing deck andrescueboat.
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