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refloat

[ UK /ɹɪflˈə‍ʊt/ ]
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  1. set afloat again
    refloat a grounded boat

How To Use refloat In A Sentence

  • Two have since died and attempts were being made to refloat the rest. Times, Sunday Times
  • There was little damage done and the vessel was soon refloated.
  • Volunteers have tried to refloat beached pilot whales and keep others off the beach but with limited success. Times, Sunday Times
  • refloat a grounded boat
  • Marine experts said that there were two ways to refloat her. Times, Sunday Times
  • A salvage team failed to refloat the vessel.
  • In 2004, he made a £29 million tax-free profit when a consortium he led refloated Eircom, the former Irish state phone monopoly.
  • It was hoped that a high tide might help the captain refloat the vessel.
  • P&O hoped to refloat the ferry around 10 pm last night but called off the operation because it was unable to find a big enough tug to pull the vessel into harbour.
  • Certainly it is known that in 1901 he was based in Hong Kong and he refloated the steamship München which had run aground on Yap, Caroline Islands.
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