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Antonyms for airlift
ˈɛərˌlɪftair·lift
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Princeton's WordNet
airlift, liftverb
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
Synonyms:
rise, cosmetic surgery, nip and tuck, heave, face lifting, lift, ski lift, facelift, elevation, rhytidectomy, ski tow, raising, face lift, elevator, rhytidoplasty, aerodynamic lift, raiseairlift, liftverb
fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
"Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
Synonyms:
hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, lift, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand
How to use airlift in a sentence?
There has been some initial contact with the French government, we believe the French military is just looking to have a force structure that gives them the tactical airlift that they need together with the strategic airlift that the A400M is providing.
We radioed for medical advice. They asked us to inject 100 mg of hydrocortisone, since we were at the coast we requested a chopper for an airlift as it was better to take her off. As seafarers, we cannot do much for emergencies.
The airlift was happening sooner than anybody anticipated, while many people predicted the collapse, imminent collapse, I think the speed took almost everybody, perhaps even the Taliban, by surprise.
We believe the French military is just looking to have a force structure that gives them the tactical airlift that they need together with the strategic airlift that the A400M is providing, we're obviously happy to sell them some C-130s.
Once we get more airlift out of Kabul, we're going to put as many people on those planes as we can. There will be a mix, not just American citizens but perhaps some Afghan SIV applicants as well.
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