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Definition of "sealift" [sealift]

  • To transport (troops or supplies) by sea, as when ground or air routes are blocked. (verb-transitive)
  • A system or an instance of such transport. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sealift" in a sentence
  • "The major exception is strategic sealift, which is delivered through a 25-year private finance initiative with AWSR Shipping Ltd."
  • "Reagan's massive military buildup had sacrificed unglamorous functions like transport ships "sealift" and minesweepers to pay for high-tech programs like "Star Wars," stealth technology, fighter aircraft, attack subs and cruise missiles."
  • "Each summer, up to eight CCG icebreakers provide not only scientific research platforms, search-and-rescue capability, pollution response capacity, support for commercial shipping engaged in the annual "sealift," and occasionally "platform" support for the RCMP and Armed Forces, but the big red and white hulls are also the main element in Canada's sovereignty presence in these waters..."
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