How to use "commandeer" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "commandeer" in popular movie and book plots

  • The colonel orders the train unloaded and attempts to commandeer the trucks, but the officer in charge refuses to obey his orders.  - The Train (1964 film)
  • They commandeer a boat and plan on blowing up the boat.  - The Finest Hour (1991 film)
  • They commandeer the singularity cannon used to sculpt Jupiter, and fire some black holes into the Spline.  - Timelike Infinity
  • These prisoners are to take over additional crew members' bodies so they can commandeer the Enterprise and return to their home planet.  - Power Play (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
  • In the meantime, Hopkins and Stearne have become separated after a Roundhead patrol attempts to commandeer their horses.  - Witchfinder General (film)
  • Potts and his new friends eventually commandeer a plane and fly back to Britain, crashing in a tree outside the War Office in London.  - The Goose Steps Out
  • Yahzee suggests that he disguise himself as an Imperial Japanese soldier and slip behind enemy lines to commandeer a radio.  - Windtalkers
  • Simpson), and dr Meinheimer commandeer a mariachi band's costumes and head in, stopping briefly to perform for the gathered crowd.  - The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
  • The fish come onshore, commandeer a boat and drunkenly sing 'On Moonlight Bay'.  - Porky's Duck Hunt
  • They also commandeer Dan Taylor's home, an old railway carriage body, which is hastily strapped to a flat wagon.  - The Titfield Thunderbolt
  • Just before Ocelot can commandeer Metal Gear RAY, Snake emerges and confronts him.  - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
  • His plan works; the Cepheids commandeer the ships, and leave for the Magellanic Clouds to find a new world of their own.  - Blind Alley
  • Captain Jack Sparrow comes to Port Royal to commandeer a ship, and rescues her.  - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • Meanwhile, Penny and the mice commandeer Medusa's swamp-mobile, a makeshift airboat.  - The Rescuers
  • In the chaos, Ford reunites with Arthur and Fenchurch, and they commandeer the robot's ship.  - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
  • They get the ship working, commandeer it, rescue two more prisoners, and are joined by an alien guerrilla with telepathic abilities.  - Blake's 7

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