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airlift::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | lift |
| Type of | conveyance, transfer, transport, transportation, transferral |
Examples of airlift
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Rescuers work to airlift a climber who fell Thursday morning near Boulder Falls.
From the denverpost.com
Despite appeals from the king for a Berlin-style airlift, the West did not help.
From the express.co.uk
Volunteer pilot Steve Edwards says the average animal airlift will cost $2,500.
From the abcnews.go.com
Before that, U.S. European Command had coordinated airlift missions for Darfur.
From the omaha.com
At the height of the airlift, relief planes landed at Tempelhof every 90 seconds.
From the washingtonpost.com
In Rangoon, officials repeatedly told the WFP that the airlift had a green light.
From the washingtonpost.com
Without such airlift, the new force may be as powerless as the one it replaces.
From the economist.com
The cost of the airlift, code named Operation Moses, could exceed $100 million.
From the time.com
Apple was so worried that it offered helicopters to airlift the 100m chips inside.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
- Transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- An airlift is the organized delivery of supplies or personnel primarily via aircraft.
- An Airlift is device based on a pipe, used in nautical archaeology to suck small objects, sand and mud from the sea bed and to transport the resulting debris upwards and away from its source. It is sometimes called a suction dredge. A water dredge or water eductor may be used for the same purpose.
- The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency; Such a flight; A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed; To transport (troops etc) in an airlift
- The carriage of personnel or supplies by air.
- Both the means of delivery and the sustainable lifeline for troops by air until sea lines of communication can be established.
- The air transport of persons and/or cargo, especially during an emergency; see BERLIN AIRLIFT, compare BOATLIFT.
- The movement of mail by air taxi operators and air carriers.
