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plural airlifts
The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency. examples
Such a flight. examples
(archaeology) A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed.
third-person singular simple present airlifts, present participle airlifting, simple past and past participle airlifted
(transitive) To transport (troops etc) in an airlift. quotations examples
My Pelicans are going to start airlifting armor and reinforcements into the city.
2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, v1.0, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: Outskirts