airlift

UK /ˈɛə.lɪft/ US /ˈɛə.lɪft/

noun 3verb 1

Definitions

noun

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

Such a flight.

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

verb

To transport (troops etc) in an airlift.

The mountaineer who fell down a crevasse had to be airlifted out.

My Pelicans are going to start airlifting armor and reinforcements into the city.

VERB + AIRLIFT

chartered, need, planes

AIRLIFT + NOUN

employees

noun — transportation of people or goods by air (especially when ot

verb — fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by othe

The mountaineer who fell down a crevasse had to be airlifted out.

Wiktionary

My Pelicans are going to start airlifting armor and reinforcements into the city.

Wiktionary

And that's when the airlift began – when the largest and most unlikely rescue in history brought food and hope to the people of Berlin.

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We need to airlift her.

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They chartered planes to airlift their employees.

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