AIRDROP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: airdropped    , airdropping   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft

Example:

until then, front line troops will be supplied by airdrop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("airdrop" is a kind of...):

bringing; delivery (the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail))

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