boarding party

collocation in English

meaningsofboardingandparty

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boarding
noun[U]
uk
/ˈbɔː.dɪŋ/us
/ˈbɔːr.dɪŋ/
boards that have been fastened side by side to ...
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party
noun
uk
/ˈpɑː.ti/us
/ˈpɑːr.t̬i/
a social event at which a group of people meet to talk, eat, drink, dance, etc., often in order to celebrate a ...
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(Definition ofboardingandpartyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theboardingpartyalso captured two signal posts, together with their flags.
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Aboardingpartywas dispatched to seize the vessel.
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The fictional attack was inspired by the actual 1966boardingparty; some news footage of the boarding is seen on a fictional television news report.
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Theboardingpartythen abandoned their vessel and went to the assistance of the party that had boarded the brig.
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The ships would need safe and efficient systems for launching and recovering the boat used by theboardingparty.
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About 50 men had already abandoned ship and theboardingpartyattempted to persuade a number of women and children still on board to do likewise.
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The captain was ordered to his cabin and guards were put on his door after, it has been reported, he had attempted to order theboardingpartyoff.
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Unless one was completely taken over by aboardingparty, fresh troops could be fed into the fight from reserve vessels in the rear.
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Seafort leads aboardingpartyto investigate and, to his horror, encounters a strange alien life form resembling an amoeba in the ship's corridor.
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The suggested method of capture was to quickly manoeuvre in close and deploy aboardingpartybefore the ship could scuttle.
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By the time theboardingpartyreached the lugger, the master and ten crewmen had fled.
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Theboardingpartysoon begins to exhibit symptoms themselves.
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Theboardingpartybarely got back in time before the lashings gave way and the vessels parted, at which time the privateer sailed away.
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Aboardingpartysecured the vessel, but failed to locate two canisters of petrol.
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Because the schooner was aground and chained to the shore theboardingpartycould not bring her out; instead, they set fire to her.
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A three-manboardingpartyinspected the ship and under the prize rules, she was torpedoed.
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The boats rushed the frigate and theboardingpartystormed her successfully.
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Eventually theboardingpartycut the hawser and the boats succeeded in pulling the felucca out, an operation they conducted under fire.
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