air dropnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈeə ˌdrɒp/us/ˈer ˌdrɑːp/the act of bringing supplies or equipment by dropping them from aircraft:
UN planes have made air drops to 300 flood-hit villages.
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Delivering and despatching
- air-dash
- airlift
- consign
- containerize
- despatch
- drop
- enclose
- fire
- fire sth off
- forward
- get sth in
- reroute
- route
- send
- send sth in
- send sth off
- ship
- shipping
- trot
- trot sb out
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air-drop
verb [ T ] ukus