: delivery of cargo, emergency supplies, or personnel by parachute from an airplane in flight
air-drop
transitive verb
Examples of airdrop in a Sentence
The group organized an airdrop of food for the refugees.
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But human rights agencies have repeatedly condemned airdrops as an inefficient way of getting aid to Palestinians in Gaza, instead urging Israeli authorities to lift controls on land crossings into the enclave.
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Abeer Salman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
America’s airdrops in Gaza, which began with C-130 cargo planes parachuting 38,000 meals into southwest Gaza, have come about under very different circumstances from those that led to the Berlin Airlift, but the airdrops were by any measure a rescue operation.
—Nicolaus Mills, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2024
The ecosystem has also seen a surge in user acquisition through airdrop announcements and new token launches, with the network expected to achieve 30–80% user growth.
—Tyler Shepherd, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
Its airdrops of aid appear to be little more than gestures of goodwill.
—Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
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Abeer Salman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
America’s airdrops in Gaza, which began with C-130 cargo planes parachuting 38,000 meals into southwest Gaza, have come about under very different circumstances from those that led to the Berlin Airlift, but the airdrops were by any measure a rescue operation.
—Nicolaus Mills, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2024
The ecosystem has also seen a surge in user acquisition through airdrop announcements and new token launches, with the network expected to achieve 30–80% user growth.
—Tyler Shepherd, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
Its airdrops of aid appear to be little more than gestures of goodwill.
—Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
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“Airdrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airdrop. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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airdrop
noun
air·drop
-ˌdräp 
: delivery of cargo, supplies, or people by parachute from an airplane
air-drop
verb
-ˌdräp
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