airlift

[US]/'eəlɪft/
[UK]/'ɛrlɪft/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. transport of goods or people by air
vt. transport by air
Word Forms
Past Participleairlifted
Past Tenseairlifted
Third Person Singularairlifts
Present Participleairlifting
Pluralairlifts

Example Sentences

the airlift dropped food into the camp.

a massive airlift of food, blankets, and medical supplies.

the survivors were airlifted to safety.

The nurse had been airlifted to Kinshasa.

helicopters were employed to airlift the troops out of danger.

Expeditionary war needs airlift, sealift, jets, helicopters, drones and other “enablers” like field hospitals.

The government ordered an airlift of medical and food supplies to the disaster area because the roads were destroyed.

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