search-party
Definition
- Noun:
- A group of people organized to look for someone or something that is lost or missing: A "search-party" is a team assembled with the specific purpose of conducting a systematic search, often in an emergency or rescue context.
Usage Examples
- (A group formed to locate a missing person.)
- (An organized team sent out to search.)
- (A team working under official direction.)
Advanced Usage
"to form a search-party": to assemble a group for a search operation.
- The villagers formed a search-party after the elderly man failed to return home. (They organized themselves into a team.)
"to join a search-party": to participate as a member of such a group.
- Volunteers from the community joined the search-party. (They became part of the search effort.)
Variants and Related Words
Search (n/v): the act of looking for someone or something.
- The search for the lost boat continued for days. (The process of looking.)
Party (n): a group of people acting together.
- The rescue party arrived at dawn. (A team with a specific mission.)
Synonyms
- Rescue team: a group trained to save people in danger.
- Posse: a group of people summoned by a law officer to assist in a search or pursuit (often used in historical or informal contexts).
- Search team: a more general term for any group conducting a search.
Related Idioms
To beat the bushes: to search thoroughly or aggressively for something.
- The search-party beat the bushes for any sign of the missing camper. (They searched every possible location.)
To leave no stone unturned: to search in every possible place.
- The search-party left no stone unturned in their efforts to find the lost artifact. (They were extremely thorough.)