airlift
Noun
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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 anotherinstance hyponym: berlin airlift - airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlinsynonym: lift
Verb
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Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means (synset 201454668)
"Food is airlifted into Bosnia"hypernym: fly - transport by aeroplanesynonym: lift
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