starboard engine

collocation in English

meaningsofstarboardandengine

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starboard
noun[U]
uk
/ˈstɑː.bəd/us
/ˈstɑːr.bɚd/
the right side of a ship or aircraft as you are ...
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engine
noun[C]
uk
/ˈen.dʒɪn/us
/ˈen.dʒɪn/
a machine that uses the energy from liquid fuel or steam to ...
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(Definition ofstarboardandenginefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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About 15 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire in thestarboardengine.
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By now thestarboardenginewas burning furiously.
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The crash is blamed on metal fatigue - spindle shaft of thestarboardenginecarburetor snapped causing power loss; one journalist on board survives.
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With thestarboardenginestill running ahead, the bow of the vessel collided with the cave wall.
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The attack opened a fuel tank in the starboard wing and caused a fire at the rear of thestarboardengine.
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The plane'sstarboardengineis hit, but the fire is put out.
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Thestarboardenginebegan heating excessively, forcing a further reduction of speed to 10 knots.
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At 2:30 thestarboardenginebegan to fail and her speed was reduced to 8 kn.
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Thestarboardenginealso malfunctioned and it was then impossible to maintain height despite cargo being jettisoned.
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The co-pilot considered that thestarboardenginewas failing and that engine's propellor was feathered.
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She came under fire from shore and began taking hits, which flooded herstarboardengineroom and prevented steering repairs.
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Thestarboardenginewas ripped off in the crash and landed elsewhere, but it was also recovered by divers in 2005.
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Lent'sstarboardenginecaught fire, forcing him to land immediately.
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The aircraft slid 625 metres (2050 feet) along the ground, ripping thestarboardengineoff the wing.
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The flooding in the engine room would have eventually caused thestarboardengineto fail, also cutting all the vessel's electrical power.
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The forward engine room and generators were completely flooded, and only thestarboardenginewas operating in the partially flooded aft engine room.
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The cruiser was holed below the waterline, which flooded thestarboardengineroom first.
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The first hit destroyed the ship's recently replaced bow, and the second damaged itsstarboardengineroom.
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At this point, thestarboardenginewas still operational.
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At 10:00, the decision was taken to abandon the central engine room, but water was also rising in thestarboardengineroom, so that engine too was stopped.
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