airdrop
to drop (persons, equipment, etc.) by parachute from an aircraft in flight.
the act or process of airdropping.
Origin of airdrop
1Other words from airdrop
- air-drop·pa·ble, adjective
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How to use airdrop in a sentence
Blackwater airdropped supplies to stranded soldiers of the 82nd Airborne for free until the Air Force provided a contract.
Who Should Kill? Looking for Answers in Erik Prince’s Memoir | Brian Castner | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThat the movie succeeds on the level it does is something of a miracle, given the cinematic landscape it airdropped into.
British Dictionary definitions for airdrop
/ (ˈɛəˌdrɒp) /
a delivery of supplies, troops, etc, from an aircraft by parachute
(tr) to deliver (supplies, etc) by an airdrop
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