lifeboat
/ˈlaɪfˌboʊt/ noun B1- A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).
- An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship.
Plural lifeboats
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I am a dedicated volunteer on our local lifeboat crew.
I have to drop everything and rush straight to the busy lifeboat station.
There is also a remarkable bond among the diverse members of the lifeboat crew.
Its most famous puzzles involve runaway trains, overcrowded lifeboats and agonizing choices between loyalty and honesty, scenarios so extreme that most of us will never face anything remotely like them.
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