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boarding party
noun
- a group of persons who board a vessel, especially to attack, seize, or search it.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of boarding party1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
The boarding party found Scud missiles hidden in bags of cement.
From The Daily Beast
A moment later the door banged behind the discomforted boarding party.
From Project Gutenberg
Boarding party went aboard and told crew to abandon ship, then opened up sea-cocks and exploded demolition charges.
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This gun was then trained on the boarding party from the privateer with the happiest results.
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"That case is my personal, private property," said he, as soon as it was in the hands of the chief officer of the boarding-party.
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As Mayrant came aboard, he was mistaken for the leader of a boarding-party, and run through the thigh with a pike.
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