boarding party

Frequency: 4.00.5 per million words

A group of people authorized to board a ship or aircraft, often for inspection or combat.

boardingboarding + noun

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party

Examples (10)

  • The captain ordered the boarding party to prepare for engagement.
  • A Coast Guard boarding party inspected the cargo ship for illegal contraband.
  • In the old tales, the pirate boarding party would swing across on ropes.
  • The special forces team, acting as a boarding party, silently approached the hijacked oil tanker.
  • The simulation trained recruits on how to effectively lead a boarding party.
  • As soon as the ships collided, the boarding party swarmed onto the enemy deck.
  • The admiral was briefed on the status of the boarding party that had seized the vessel.
  • Each member of the boarding party was equipped with night-vision goggles.
  • The mission's success depended on the speed and efficiency of the boarding party.
  • In the sci-fi movie, the space marine boarding party breached the airlock of the alien mothership.