airborne
IPA: ˈɛrbɔrn
noun
- Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.
adjective
- In or carried by the air.
- In flight.
- Fitted to an aircraft.
- Transported by air in an aircraft.
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Examples of "airborne" in Sentences
- The battalion was part of the 6th Airborne Division.
- The resources provided for the Airborne continued to dwindle.
- The aircraft failed to become airborne and crashed into the sea.
- Airborne reconnaissance goes back to the early era of ballooning.
- It is spread by airborne spores landing on freshly exposed sapwood.
- The airborne medication is directed to the proper portion of the eye.
- The aircraft refused to become airborne and the project was abandoned.
- In the meantime, the airborne landing had taken the Dutch by surprise.
- ICAN was the precursor of the Joint Capability for Airborne Networking.
- The Parachute Regiment is the Airborne Infantry element of the British Army.
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