rubber boat

collocation in English

meaningsofrubberandboat

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rubber
noun
uk
/ˈrʌb.ər/us
/ˈrʌb.ɚ/
an elastic substance (= that stretches) made either from the juice of particular tropical trees ...
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boat
noun[C]
uk
/bəʊt/us
/boʊt/
a small vehicle for travelling ...
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(Definition ofrubberandboatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The two then entered the building, climbed down into therubberboat, and placed ten limpet mines onto the side of the ship.
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Three fliers were picked up from arubberboat.
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They learned in this eight week course in sophisticated ambushes and raids, and morerubberboatwork.
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Rubberboatis placed on a slide aft and can be hoisted and taken in almost any weather.
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In the movie she becomes a parachute and arubberboat, and has used her arms for swings and a slingshot.
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Each two-man team was to paddle close to the beach in arubberboat, wearing full fatigues, boots, life jackets, and metal helmets, and then make their observations.
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In those circumstances, are not 10 rubber boats and three helicopters pitifully inadequate in comparison with the actual need?
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A few rubber boats do not make a major bastion.
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They brought with them collapsible rubber boats into which the men embarked with limpet mines.
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They had rubber boats so that they could approach the deer from the sea.
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It has also proven useful to locate small and slow targets, like persons or rubber boats.
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Rescuers aboard rubber boats could not reach them because the alleyways were too narrow.
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The commandos would have ridden rubber boats to the airport located on the edge of the lake.
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Although scouting and patrolling, field sketching and land navigation were mostly refresher training; rubber boats and amphibious reconnaissance was very new.
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All badly injured men were lowered into rafts or rubber boats.
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Slightly compressed air or other gases are also used to fill balloons, rubber boats, and other inflatable structures.
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With a top speed of 30 to 40 km/ h, allows the rubber boats sink in this challenging walk.
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However, an attempt to land a force in rubber boats was a total failure, and was not repeated.
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They had hoped to sabotage ships, but both the rubber boats they had brought with them failed to inflate, so they treated the visit as a reconnaissance mission.
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The inserted reconnaissance patrols would deflate their experimental rubber boats upon reaching the shore and re-inflate to rendezvous with the awaiting submarine at a predestined point.
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