"airland" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: airlands [present, singular, third-person], airlanding [participle, present], airlanded [participle, past], airlanded [past]
Etymology: air + land Etymology templates: {{compound|en|air|land}} air + land Head templates: {{en-verb}} airland (third-person singular simple present airlands, present participle airlanding, simple past and past participle airlanded)
  1. (transitive, military) To transport (troops, etc.) to a place by aircraft, landing there rather than using parachutes. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-airland-en-verb-wkF-uXpP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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