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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
air-drop .
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Examples
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Since 2005, the Air Force has increased by nearly 50 times the amount of supplies it air-drops to remote bases, partly as a way to avoid dangerous land-based fuel convoys.
U.S.'s Afghan Headache: $400-a-Gallon Gasoline Nathan Hodge 2011
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Developing supersonic aerodynamics and control systems for the V-2 took hundreds of A5 tests in wind tunnels, air-drops, and powered flights.
MIND MELD: The Best Spaceships in Written Science Fiction 2010
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Luks like wun uv those air-drops in emerjenseas, when they tosses supplies owt uv playns.
O ai, ai jus died - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Hutu rebels from Rwanda and Burundi and by Mai-Mai warriors, and supported by air-drops of munitions.
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Not only have they been conducting military strikes, but in an unprecedented move, at the same time the U.S., and Britain maybe -- but particularly the U.S. right now -- have been conducting air-drops, we were told by a Pentagon briefing by Donald Rumsfeld, the secretary of defense -- air-drops of food and other humanitarian assistance which will also continue.
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Diye meanwhile said in a statement that the troops at Ikela were continuing to receive supplies from air-drops.
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The IFP had conducted successful air-drops in some of the 97 no-go areas for the party across the province.
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And so they packaged their weapons for air-drops to the peasant militia forces in Escambray.
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Instead of cans, modern field rations come in tough pouches that can withstand heavy downpours and endure helicopter air-drops.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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B-52s up with smart bombs and all that expensive stuff, just conduct weekly air-drops of cheese and old pork sausages all over Tehran.
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