motorboat
noun
mo·tor·boat
ˈmō-tər-ˌbōt 
: a boat propelled usually by an internal combustion engine
Examples of motorboat in a Sentence
motorboats are banned on the lake because they are a hazard to swimmers
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Police said the assailants dragged Eastman to a motorboat and sped away.
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Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The crew confronted a near-death scare when a kayaker on the team got sucked under a motorboat while the crew celebrated their completion of Lava Falls when disaster struck.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
In 2000: Seventeen American crew members on the USS Cole, a Navy destroyer, lost their lives and many more were injured during a refueling stop at Yemen’s port of Aden, where the ship was attacked by two suicide bombers in a small motorboat packed with explosives.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
When Eastman tried to escape, he was shot in the leg, then forced onto a motorboat by his abductors.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The crew confronted a near-death scare when a kayaker on the team got sucked under a motorboat while the crew celebrated their completion of Lava Falls when disaster struck.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
In 2000: Seventeen American crew members on the USS Cole, a Navy destroyer, lost their lives and many more were injured during a refueling stop at Yemen’s port of Aden, where the ship was attacked by two suicide bombers in a small motorboat packed with explosives.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
When Eastman tried to escape, he was shot in the leg, then forced onto a motorboat by his abductors.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Motorboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motorboat. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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motorboat
noun
mo·tor·boat
-ˌbōt
: a boat driven by a motor
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