: delivery of cargo, emergency supplies, or personnel by parachute from an airplane in flight
air-drop
transitive verb
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The group organized an airdrop of food for the refugees.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 22 Nov. 2024
As Gaza crisis intensifies, U.S. conducts first airdrop of aid
Alexei Navalny’s mourners also grieve for a democratic Russia
The largest wildfire recorded in Texas is still burning.
—Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
Kirby said the airdrops have an advantage over trucks because planes can move aid to a particular location very quickly.
—Tara Copp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
But human rights agencies have repeatedly condemned airdrops as an inefficient way of getting aid to Palestinians in Gaza, instead urging Israeli authorities to lift controls on land crossings into the enclave.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Airdrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airdrop. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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airdrop
noun
air·drop
-ˌdräp 
: delivery of cargo, supplies, or people by parachute from an airplane
air-drop
verb
-ˌdräp
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