refloatverb [ T ]
/ˌriːˈfləʊt//ˌriːˈfloʊt/to bring a ship back to the surface of the water after it has sunk:
the cost of refloating the Costa Concordia
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Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking
- bail
- bail sth out
- ducking
- go
- go under
- ground
- keel
- keel over
- resurface
- ride
- ride sth out
- right
- run
- run aground/ashore idiom
- sank
- scupper
- scuttle
- submerge
- sunken
- unsinkable
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