airdrop
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- noun
- /ˈɛrˌdrɒp/
- Specialized
:
lanzamiento aéreo
- Coordinates for airdrop, 29.5 north, 34.88 east.
- a humanitarian airdrop
- an airdrop of aid
- an airdrop of supplies
Examples
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The humanitarian mission included an airdrop of essential supplies to the remote village.
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There will be no airdrop until we know what we're dropping... ...and where and how!
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Not until May 21, 1956, did the US carry out its first airdrop.
Academic text (1996) -
Soon, more than 100 children show up for the airdrops of candy and gum.
Fiction book (1998) -
They'd begun to die of exposure and thirst, and Obama ordered some last-minute humanitarian airdrops for them.
Academic text (2015) -
The mission was similar to the one I conducted in Gabes, just on a larger scale, so I knew it could be done—especially with the new aircraft and heavy airdrop equipment we had just acquired.
Fiction book (2000) -
During the crisis, the military organized an airdrop of emergency food and medical aid.
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The charity coordinated an airdrop to deliver food and water to those affected by the disaster.
Synonyms
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Bringing parcels or food to someone
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Airdrop is made of the two simple words air and drop, which together mean 'dropped through the air'. That's why an airdrop is supplies or goods sent from a plane, often by parachute, to people below.