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plural dropships
(science fiction) A flying transport that drops troops or equipment onto a planet, etc. quotations examples
I'm sending down five more dropships, combat EMVs, and a thopter gunship.
1997 September, Dan Simmons, The Rise of Endymion, New York: Bantam, page 363
IFF confirmed. Contact is Pelican Dropship Kilo 23. Over.
2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Sierra 117
third-person singular simple present dropships, present participle dropshipping, simple past and past participle dropshipped
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