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Antonyms for airlift
ˈɛərˌlɪftair·lift
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term airlift.
Princeton's WordNet
airlift, liftverb
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
Synonyms:
rise, cosmetic surgery, nip and tuck, heave, face lifting, lift, ski lift, facelift, elevation, rhytidectomy, ski tow, raising, face lift, elevator, rhytidoplasty, aerodynamic lift, raiseairlift, liftverb
fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
"Food is airlifted into Bosnia"
Synonyms:
hook, rise, nobble, wind, cabbage, vacate, hoist, annul, elevate, uprise, lift, go up, pinch, plagiarize, arise, abstract, rescind, come up, bring up, plagiarise, pilfer, filch, purloin, snarf, overturn, repeal, raise, sneak, get up, move up, swipe, reverse, revoke, rear, face-lift, rustle, countermand
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We believe the French military is just looking to have a force structure that gives them the tactical airlift that they need together with the strategic airlift that the A400M is providing, we're obviously happy to sell them some C-130s.
Now we're supposed to believe with the Taliban, the good guy and ISIS is the bad guy. They're all cockroaches, they want to kill as many Americans as possible. And now look at the situation. We have a propaganda media in this country prior to a few days ago. But they'll be back saying what? This is the greatest airlift in American history in the face of the most outrageous surrender in American history, regurgitating the administration's talking points.
The UNHCR is making final preparations for a huge airlift of humanitarian aid into Yemen's Sanaa, to take place over the next days if today's proposed ceasefire comes into effect and holds.
The president's angry facial expressions and raised voice didn't match the content of his speech. His words were offensive—praising himself for the 'biggest airlift in history'—and his body language and vocals told the true story: That this president was trying to defend the unforgiveable, the speech was poorly written because the goal of it was to take blame off the person, the commander-in-chief, and instead blame the Americans who were told the Taliban would never take control.
We appreciate this expression of bipartisan support for our evacuation efforts in Afghanistan, which is now one of the most large-scale and effective airlift operations in history and has gotten over 75,000 people out of the country, the American people know well that the federal government is responsible for many priorities at once. And The American people never expect The American people leaders to ignore crucial issues like, in this case, creating jobs, rebuilding our infrastructure and bringing down prices -- including the cost of prescription drugs.
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