airlift

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.

n. an act of transporting supplies by aircraft, typically in a blockade or other emergency.

v.

transport (troops or supplies) by aircraft, typically when transportation by land is difficult: helicopters were employed to airlift the troops out of danger.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
  Synonym: lift

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The verb airlift has one meaning:

Meaning #1: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
  Synonym: lift

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - luftbro
v. tr. - transportere via luftbro

Nederlands (Dutch)
luchtbrug, per luchtbrug transporteren

Français (French)
n. - pont aérien
v. tr. - évacuer par pont aérien

Deutsch (German)
n. - Luftbrücke
v. - per Luft transportieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αερογέφυρα

Italiano (Italian)
ponte aereo, sostentazione aerodinamica, trasporto aereo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - levantamento (m) pneumático

Русский (Russian)
транспортировка на самолете

Español (Spanish)
n. - puente aéreo
v. tr. - utilizar el puente aéreo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - luftbro

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
空运补给系统, 空运

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 空運補給系統, 空運
v. tr. - 空運

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 공중보급
v. tr. - 공수하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 空輸
v. - 空輸する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خط تموين جوي, جسر جوي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רכבת אווירית‬
v. tr. - ‮העביר ברכבת אווירית‬

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