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life raft

noun

  1. a raft, often inflatable, for use in emergencies, as when a ship must be abandoned or when a plane is downed at sea.


life raft

noun

  1. a raft for emergency use at sea
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Origin of life raft1

First recorded in 1810–20
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Janice, who is unwilling or unable to open up, is not nearly as needy as her spouse, who starts espousing biblical platitudes with the desperate certainty of a drowning man grateful for any life raft.

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The first Pat Brewin knew about her sister and brother-in-law being shipwrecked at sea in a dinghy and rubber life raft - tied together for nearly four months - was when she watched the News at 10.

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"Everything about the condition of the life rafts and safety issues on the boat went away," says Lisa.

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"I was paralysed because Cristhian kept saying to me 'don't jump' because he could see someone was trying to release the life raft," Hissora recalls.

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The haul included two yellow life rafts, two of the 28,700 lost overboard from the Tokio Express.

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