airlift

Noun
  1. Transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) (synset 100317420)
    hypernym: conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation - the act of moving something from one location to another
    instance hyponym: berlin airlift - airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin
    synonym: lift
Verb
  1. Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means (synset 201454668)
    "Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
    hypernym: fly - transport by aeroplane
    synonym: lift

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