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boatlift

 
Dictionary: boat·lift   (bōt'lĭft') pronunciation

n.
An unofficial system of transporting supplies and people, especially refugees, from one country to another by boats that are often dangerously overcrowded.

[BOAT + (AIR)LIFT.]

boatlift boat'lift' v.

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