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Airlift

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A system of transporting troops, civilian passengers, or supplies by air, as in an emergency or when surface routes are blocked.

n. A flight transporting troops, civilian passengers, or supplies under such conditions.

v. To transport in an airlift.

verb-intransitive. To transport troops, civilian passengers, or supplies in an airlift.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.

n. Such a flight.

n. A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed.

v. To transport (troops etc) in an airlift.

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v. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means

n. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

Word Usage

"During the Berlin airlift, I was in Berlin as a summer student at the Siemens company, and I decided to go West via one of the empty airlift return flights."

Verb Form

airlifted airlifting airlifts

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

fly

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

refueling logistic airspace airdrop sustainment