: a sturdy buoyant boat (such as one carried by a ship) for use in an emergency and especially in saving lives at sea
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Over the next 308 days, the men faced starvation and frostbite as Shackleton recruited five crew members to make the treacherous journey in a lifeboat to seek help on the South Atlantic island of South Georgia.
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
But their stint in orbit was extended so that their Dragon spacecraft could serve as an emergency lifeboat for two astronauts who flew to space aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
After the ship sank, the men spent five days at sea in lifeboats before reaching Elephant Island.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
The SpaceX mission was extended to serve as a lifeboat in case the Starliner’s astronauts needed a way off if an emergency happened on the ISS.
—Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 10 Oct. 2024
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Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
But their stint in orbit was extended so that their Dragon spacecraft could serve as an emergency lifeboat for two astronauts who flew to space aboard Boeing's Starliner capsule.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
After the ship sank, the men spent five days at sea in lifeboats before reaching Elephant Island.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
The SpaceX mission was extended to serve as a lifeboat in case the Starliner’s astronauts needed a way off if an emergency happened on the ISS.
—Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 10 Oct. 2024
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lifeboat
noun
life·boat
-ˌbōt 
: a sturdy boat (as one carried by a ship) for use in an emergency and especially for saving lives at sea
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