paradropping
/ˈpɛrəˌdrɑpɪŋ/
noun
- The act of delivering supplies, equipment, or personnel by parachute from an aircraft, especially in a military or humanitarian context.
- The soldiers trained for weeks to perfect their paradropping techniques.
- Paradropping is often used to quickly get aid to areas that are hard to reach by road.
- The military conducted a paradropping of food and medicine to the remote village.
Synonyms
verb
- To deliver (supplies, equipment, or personnel) by parachute from an aircraft.
- The army decided to paradrop heavy equipment to support the ground troops.
- During the mission, they will paradrop a team of engineers to repair the bridge.
- The relief organization plans to paradrop emergency supplies into the flood zone.