Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Delivery of supplies to a place by parachute.
- transitive verb To deliver by parachute.
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Examples
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In that case Damians paradrop is a good option and sort out the extraction later.
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The proper decision is to paradrop him into a town of his former victims and allow them to decide the best way to deal with him.
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All you need is a safe place to ditch or paradrop.
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PHILLIPS: Silent soldiers that paradrop into enemy territory.
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As mission planners we did not share these concerns with our crews, but some details had to be disclosed when astonished loadmasters reported to the cockpit that our SOG jump masters halted the paradrop after the first man went out and that they made the rest of the team sit down without offering any explanation.
Darcy, Edward J. 1967
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As mission planners we did not share these concerns with our crews, but some details had to be disclosed when astonished loadmasters reported to the cockpit that our SOG jump masters halted the paradrop after the first man went out and that they made the rest of the team sit down without offering any explanation.
Wenaas, Gordon J. 1967
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As mission planners we did not share these concerns with our crews, but some details had to be disclosed when astonished loadmasters reported to the cockpit that our SOG jump masters halted the paradrop after the first man went out and that they made the rest of the team sit down without offering any explanation.
McCrary, Jack 1967
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As mission planners we did not share these concerns with our crews, but some details had to be disclosed when astonished loadmasters reported to the cockpit that our SOG jump masters halted the paradrop after the first man went out and that they made the rest of the team sit down without offering any explanation.
Williams, James R. 1967
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As mission planners we did not share these concerns with our crews, but some details had to be disclosed when astonished loadmasters reported to the cockpit that our SOG jump masters halted the paradrop after the first man went out and that they made the rest of the team sit down without offering any explanation.
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As mission planners we did not share these concerns with our crews, but some details had to be disclosed when astonished loadmasters reported to the cockpit that our SOG jump masters halted the paradrop after the first man went out and that they made the rest of the team sit down without offering any explanation.
Eckley, Wayne A. 1967
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