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life raft
noun
- 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
- a raft for emergency use at sea
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of life raft1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
"Everything about the condition of the life rafts and safety issues on the boat went away," says Lisa.
"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.
The haul included two yellow life rafts, two of the 28,700 lost overboard from the Tokio Express.
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