airlift
/ˈɛrlɪft/
verb
- To transport people or supplies by aircraft, especially in an emergency or to a remote area.
- They airlifted the injured hikers off the mountain.
- The charity airlifted clean water to the drought-stricken region.
- The military airlifted supplies to the earthquake zone.
noun
- An operation that transports people or supplies by aircraft, especially to or from a place that is difficult to reach by other means.
- The rescue airlift evacuated hundreds of tourists from the snowed-in village.
- During the war, a massive airlift delivered medicine to the isolated city.
- The government organized an airlift to bring food to the flood victims.