Definition
paradropping
noun
- the act or process of dropping troops, supplies, or equipment from aircraft by parachute
Usage: military term
verb
- to drop (troops, supplies, or equipment) from an aircraft by parachute
Usage: military term; present participle of paradrop
Examples
- The military conducted a paradropping operation to deliver supplies to the isolated village.
- Soldiers trained extensively for paradropping into hostile territory.
- The cargo was paradropped near the disaster zone to assist relief efforts.
- Paradropping remains a critical tactic in airborne military operations.
- During the exercise, the unit practiced paradropping from transport planes.
- The humanitarian organization used paradropping to reach communities cut off by flooding.