boarding party
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of boarding party
First recorded in 1880–85
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We also know one of those ships was called the Inflictor, and was deliberately crashed into the surface of the planet Jakku by its young captain after it was invaded by a boarding party, led by her Rebel lover.
From The Verge ● Dec. 16, 2015
Gates told Petraeus before he arrived to leave his boarding party behind: past directors who had arrived with an entourage, like Porter Goss and John Deutch, had not been well received.
From Time ● Nov. 15, 2012
The crew must have "left in a great hurry," reported the boarding party, for their pipes and tobacco were still there—and no sailor, they noted, willingly abandons ship without his pipe.
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2011
Navy 5th Fleet, told reporters at the Pentagon by telephone from Bahrain the boarding party was U.S. special operations forces.
From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 22, 2011
To-night we’ll send off the long boat with a boarding party.
From The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive by Harry A. Mathes
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