: a system of transporting cargo or passengers by aircraft often to or from an otherwise inaccessible area
airlift
transitive verb
Examples of airlift in a Sentence
an emergency airlift to deliver supplies to the famine victims
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Cotter, who helped organize the first-ever helicopter airlift from Camp One to rescue some of the wounded, said many lessons were learnt from the disaster.
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
At the same time, expanded airlift from the United States is helping keep airfare competitive.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2026
Strategic airlift, with an objective of efficiently supplying a wide range of front-line commands with materiel specific to their operational needs over multiple domains and theatres globally.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
The group is also planning a bovine airlift — one of its signature moves — of 30,000 dairy cows from the US to Algeria.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 19 May 2026
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
At the same time, expanded airlift from the United States is helping keep airfare competitive.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2026
Strategic airlift, with an objective of efficiently supplying a wide range of front-line commands with materiel specific to their operational needs over multiple domains and theatres globally.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
The group is also planning a bovine airlift — one of its signature moves — of 30,000 dairy cows from the US to Algeria.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 19 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for airlift
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“Airlift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airlift. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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airlift
noun
air·lift
ˈa(ə)r-ˌlift 
ˈe(ə)r-
: a system of transporting cargo or passengers by aircraft to or from an area otherwise impossible to reach
airlift
verb
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