noun. A system of transporting troops, civilian passengers, or supplies by air, as in an emergency or when surface routes are blocked.

noun. A flight transporting troops, civilian passengers, or supplies under such conditions.

intransitive verb. To transport in an airlift.

intransitive verb. To transport troops, civilian passengers, or supplies in an airlift.

noun. The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.

noun. Such a flight.

noun. A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed.

verb. To transport (troops etc) in an airlift.

verb. fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means

noun. transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)

"During the Berlin airlift, I was in Berlin as a summer student at the Siemens company, and I decided to go West via one of the empty airlift return flights."

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