airdrop

noun

air·drop ˈer-ˌdräp

: delivery of cargo, emergency supplies, or personnel by parachute from an airplane in flight

air-drop transitive verb

air-droppable

ˈer-ˌdrä-pə-bəl

adjective

Examples of airdrop in a Sentence

The group organized an airdrop of food for the refugees.

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The filing also discusses the potential impact of forks, airdrops, and similar occurrences on the Trust's holdings and operations. —

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 See all Example Sentences for airdrop