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Noun: airdrop  'ehr,dróp
  1. Delivery of supplies, equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft
    "until then, front line troops will be supplied by airdrop";
    - paradrop
Verb: air-drop (air-dropped,air-dropping)  'ehr'dróp
  1. Drop (an object) from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter

Derived forms: air-dropping, airdrops, air-dropped, air-drops

Type of: bringing, delivery, discharge, drop, drop off, put down, set down, unload

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