Definition of "airdrop" []

• A delivery, as of supplies or troops, by parachute from aircraft. (noun)
• To drop or be dropped from an aircraft. (verb-transitive)

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• "GILLESPIE: As of tomorrow, he will sign an executive order, Wolf, that says that, in the future, departments and agencies are to ignore any earmarks that were not specifically passed by the United States Congress or signed by the president, these so-called airdrop earmarks, ones that are put into committee conference reports that never get voted on, on the floor of the House or the Senate."
• "And, so, the third branch of government has rendered a view on so-called airdrop earmarks."
• "And this new information I just got, also, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs said during a press conference as well that the airdrop is a matter of Myanmar's national sovereignty."