Definition of airlift
:a system of transporting cargo or passengers by aircraft often to or from an otherwise inaccessible area
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Examples of airlift in a Sentence
an emergency airlift to deliver supplies to the famine victims
Recent Examples of airlift from the Web
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Those special airlift flights operated to airports in Chicago, Detroit and Dallas, allowing those fliers to finally find other flights to their ultimate destinations.
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The immersive play weaves together narratives from the 1960s and ’70s — inside-the-club romances, the Peter Pan airlift, Lincoln Park gentrification — as everything from boleros to salsa underscores the history.
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McCain proposes longer-term support that will allow the Afghans to develop and expand their own intelligence, logistics, special forces and airlift operations.
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There are relatively few government icebreakers or cutters in the region, and a long-range airlift by helicopters would be extremely difficult.
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In total, the bovine airlift is expected to bring in the 4,000 cows within about a month.
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The airmen deployed to undisclosed locations in southwest Asia and worked in combat support operations such as tactical airlift, maintenance, security and logistics support.
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Airlift crews are planning to meet medics at Wilkeson Elementary School.
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One person is dead and another is awaiting airlift after a crash near Mount Rainier National Park, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.
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First Known Use of airlift
1943
AIRLIFT Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of airlift for English Language Learners
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: an occurrence in which people or things are carried to or from a place by airplanes during an emergency when other methods are not possible
AIRLIFT Defined for Kids
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Definition of airlift for Students
airlifted;
airlifting
:to move people or cargo by aircraft usually to or from an area that cannot be reached otherwise
- Food was airlifted to the earthquake victims.
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