coastguard
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- noun
- /ˈkoʊstˌɡɑrd/
- UK
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guardacostas
- Call the coastguard and tell him to start circling the island with patrol boats.
- coastguard vessel
- Call the Coastguard
Examples
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The coastguard regularly patrols the area to ensure the safety of all vessels near the shoreline.
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We're monitoring the coastguard search too.
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Between the new and the coastguard, there are twenty planes and six ships out there.
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The boat raced off, followed by both of the coastguard boats at a very high rate of speed.
Blog text (24) -
No, the Coastguard said she was on a routine smuggling prevention patrol the last time they made radio contact.
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I've radioed the coastguard.
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She turns to see a Coastguard plane sweeping low over the Chimera, then banking back and flying right over as she shouts and waves her arms.
Fiction book (2002) -
The coastguard organized a search and rescue operation after the fishing boat went missing.
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After receiving a distress signal, the coastguard deployed several boats to assist the stranded sailors.
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Etymology
Coastguard comes from two simple words, coast ('the land next to the sea') and guard ('to watch or protect'), so it literally means an official service that watches and protects the shore and the people and ships near it.