air·lift (âr'lĭft')
n.

1. A system of transporting troops, civilian passengers, or supplies by air, as in an emergency or when surface routes are blocked.
2. A flight transporting troops, civilian passengers, or supplies under such conditions.

v., -lift·ed, -lift·ing, -lifts.

v.tr.
To transport in an airlift.

v.intr.
To transport troops, civilian passengers, or supplies in an airlift.

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