airlift

🇺🇸 /ˈerlɪft/ 🇬🇧 /ˈeəlɪft/
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noun
R

A way to move people or things by airplane, usually in an emergency or when there are no good roads.

The military organized an airlift to deliver food and medicine to the town.

verb
R

To move people or things by airplane, usually in an emergency or when there are no good roads.

The government airlifted the injured people to the hospital.

translation

n. A way to move people or things by airplane, usually in an emergency or when there are no good roads.
v. To move people or things by airplane, usually in an emergency or when there are no good roads.

Word Forms

3rd Present airlifts
Progressive airlifting
Past airlifted
Perfect airlifted
Plural airlifts