AIRLIFT Definition & Meaning

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airlift

[ air-lift ]

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noun

a system for transporting persons or cargo by aircraft, especially in an emergency.
the persons or cargo so transported.
the act or process of transporting such a load.
a pump for raising liquids by the pressure of air forced into the pump chamber.

verb (used with object)

to transport (persons or cargo) by airlift.

adjective

of or relating to an airlift or airlifts:
to increase the army's airlift capacity.

airlift

/ ˈɛəˌ��ɪ�ڳ� /

noun

the transportation by air of passengers, troops, cargo, etc, esp when other routes are blocked

verb

tr to transport by an airlift

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of airlift¹

First recorded in 1940–45; air ¹ + lift

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The hiker, who was found unconscious and bleeding from a head wound, was airlifted to medical care.

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“They airlifted her in the helicopter from right here,” Mason says, “and she died in the sky at this exact time.”

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The case was against Idaho, whose draconian abortion ban effectively forces hospitals to airlift pregnant patients to neighboring states because doctors are under threat of arrest if they offer standard medical care.

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Rescuers were said to have airlifted one of the climbers to hospital with non-fatal injuries on Saturday.

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Gen Otunge said the officer, who has not been named, had been immediately airlifted to hospital, where he died a short while later.

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