: delivery of cargo, emergency supplies, or personnel by parachute from an airplane in flight
air-drop
transitive verb
Examples of airdrop in a Sentence
The group organized an airdrop of food for the refugees.
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Each airdrop occurred with assistance from the Jordanian air force.
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Peter Aitken, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2024
But the fact that little — or not nearly enough — aid has actually made it into Gaza has prompted several countries to use airdrops to deliver aid.
—Npr Washington Desk, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
But aid organizations say the airdrops fall far short of meeting needs when many are facing starvation.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024
In recent months, countries including the United States, along with aid groups, have made more than 40 airdrops.
—Manuel Canales, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
The United States has joined other countries in airdropping supplies into northern Gaza and has announced separate plans to construct a pier to get aid in.
Aid groups said the airdrops and sea shipments are far less efficient than trucks in delivering the huge amounts of aid needed.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024
In a video obtained by CNN, an airdrop was seen going wrong when the parachute on a pallet malfunctioned.
—Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
The Jordanian air force began airdrops into northern Gaza two weeks ago – with one of the first flights overseen by King Abdullah himself.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2024
Aid groups have criticized airdrops and deliveries by sea as ineffective substitutes for deliveries by road.
—Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
Peter Aitken, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2024
But the fact that little — or not nearly enough — aid has actually made it into Gaza has prompted several countries to use airdrops to deliver aid.
—Npr Washington Desk, NPR, 5 Mar. 2024
But aid organizations say the airdrops fall far short of meeting needs when many are facing starvation.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024
In recent months, countries including the United States, along with aid groups, have made more than 40 airdrops.
—Manuel Canales, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
The United States has joined other countries in airdropping supplies into northern Gaza and has announced separate plans to construct a pier to get aid in.
Aid groups said the airdrops and sea shipments are far less efficient than trucks in delivering the huge amounts of aid needed.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024
In a video obtained by CNN, an airdrop was seen going wrong when the parachute on a pallet malfunctioned.
—Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
The Jordanian air force began airdrops into northern Gaza two weeks ago – with one of the first flights overseen by King Abdullah himself.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2024
Aid groups have criticized airdrops and deliveries by sea as ineffective substitutes for deliveries by road.
—Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
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airdrop
noun
air·drop
-ˌdräp 
: delivery of cargo, supplies, or people by parachute from an airplane
air-drop
verb
-ˌdräp
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