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boatlift definition

boat·lift (-lift′)

noun

a system of transporting by means of small boats, rafts, etc., as of refugees when official air or sea routes are blocked

Etymology: boat + (air)lift

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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