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- Dictionaryairlift/ˈɛːlɪft/
noun
- 1. an act of transporting supplies by aircraft, typically in a blockade or other emergency: "a massive airlift of food, blankets, and medical supplies"
verb
- 1. transport (troops or supplies) by aircraft: "helicopters were employed to airlift the troops out of danger"
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an operation organized to move supplies or people by aircraft to or from a place that is difficult to reach because of war, a flood, etc.: The photograph shows injured Americans awaiting an airlift. Rain would hamper airlifts and possibly spark more deadly landslides. Fewer examples.
- AIRLIFT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
to move supplies or people by aircraft to or from a place...
- airlift | meaning in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary
a flight by an aircraft to move people or things when it is...
- AIRLIFT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
The meaning of AIRLIFT is a system of transporting cargo or passengers by aircraft often to or from an otherwise inaccessible area. How to use airlift in a sentence.
to move supplies or people by aircraft to or from a place that is difficult to reach because of a war, flood, etc.: There are plans to airlift food and medical supplies to the area. Over 10,000 refugees were airlifted out of the region. More examples. Some governments began airlifting their citizens out of the country.
An airlift is an operation to move people, troops, or goods by air, especially in a war or when land routes are closed.
noun. a system for transporting persons or cargo by aircraft, especially in an emergency. the persons or cargo so transported. the act or process of transporting such a load. a pump for raising liquids by the pressure of air forced into the pump chamber.
When a military plane is used to deliver supplies or move people, it's called an airlift. After a major earthquake, airlifts can bring in clean water and food to people in the affected area.
a flight by an aircraft to move people or things when it is too difficult or too slow to travel by road: an airlift of medical supplies.
