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How to pronounce airdrop in English?

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Type of bringing, delivery


until then, front line troops will be supplied by airdrop.

Examples of airdrop

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Are you going to airdrop copies of the LA Times over the forests of Columbia?
From the latimes.com
Macomber writes that he would like nothing more than an airdrop of Budweiser.
From the forbes.com
Because of the distance and danger, all resupply at BMG is done by airdrop.
From the time.com
AirDrop is a way to easily send files to any other Mac around wirelessly.
From the techcrunch.com
A Boeing C-17 performs an airdrop of humanitarian aid following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The raiders rested on 1 December and received some provisions by airdrop.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The C-17s carry troops or cargo and perform airdrop as well as medical evacuation missions.
From the thestate.com
AirDrop sounds like one of the cooler, subtle features of Lion.
From the techcrunch.com
It's so successful, in fact, that now they're moving on to develop an airdrop vaccine for skunks.
From the infowars.com
More examples
  • Delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft; "until then, front line troops will be supplied by airdrop"
  • An airdrop is a type of airlift, developed during World War II to resupply otherwise inaccessible troops, who themselves may have been airborne forces. In some cases, it is used to refer to the airborne assault itself. ...
  • (JP 1-02) - The unloading of personnel or materiel from aircraft in flight. (See also air movement.) See FMs 7-30, 55-12, 71-100-2, and JP 3-18.1.
  • To fall through the air with your surfboard still under your feet.