airdrop

airdrop
air-droppable, adj.
/air"drop'/, v., airdropped, airdropping, n.
v.t.
1. to drop (persons, equipment, etc.) by parachute from an aircraft in flight.
n.
2. the act or process of airdropping.
[1945-50; AIR1 + DROP]

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