air drop

/ˈɛr ˌdrɑp/
noun
  1. The act of delivering supplies or people by dropping them from an aircraft.
    • During the rescue, an air-drop delivered life rafts to the stranded sailors.
    • The charity used an air-drop to send school supplies to remote villages.
    • The military organized an air-drop of food and medicine to the disaster area.
Synonyms
verb
  1. To deliver something by dropping it from an aircraft.
    • The relief organization plans to air-drop blankets to the refugees.
    • The pilot will air-drop the supplies at the designated coordinates.
    • They decided to air-drop the equipment because the roads were blocked.
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