| NOUN | act | airlift, lift | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) |
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| VERB | contact | airlift, lift | fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means |
| Sounds | eh'rlih.ft | |
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| Rhymes | adrift ... uplift: 18 rhymes with ihft... | |
| Meaning | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable). | |
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| Synonym | lift | |
| Instances | Berlin airlift | airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin |
| Broader | transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance | The act of moving something from one location to another |
| Spanish | puente aéreo, transporte aéreo | |
| Catalan | transport aeri | |
| Verbs | airlift | fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means |
| Meaning | fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "Food is airlifted into Bosnia" | |
| Synonym | lift | |
| Broader | fly | transport by aeroplane |
| Nouns | airlift | transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) |
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