Airdrop

ahd-5
  • noun. A delivery, as of supplies or troops, by parachute from aircraft.
  • transitive & intransitive verb . To drop or be dropped from an aircraft.
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  • noun. The act of delivering goods or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft by parachute.
  • verb. To delivery goods or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft by parachute.
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  • noun. delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft
  • Word Usage
    "GILLESPIE: As of tomorrow, he will sign an executive order, Wolf, that says that, in the future, departments and agencies are to ignore any earmarks that were not specifically passed by the United States Congress or signed by the president, these so-called airdrop earmarks, ones that are put into committee conference reports that never get voted on, on the floor of the House or the Senate."
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