airborne
Example Sentences
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Radar equipment—fixed, truck-mounted and airborne—is being upgraded to track threats.
She poured it into her bowl, squinting against the airborne flour dust.
From Literature
There appear to be three routes for US forces wishing to seize the island -– an airborne attack; an amphibious operation; or a combination of the two.
From Barron's
Paired with modern airborne methods, the old maps can help target and reduce the cost of subsurface mapping—especially due to the difficulty and expense of operating in modern-day Congo.
Most ominously, the “airborne garbage” we were breathing was exacting a price on everyone’s health.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
