1. the act or process of dropping troops, supplies, or equipment from aircraft by parachute
Usage: military term

1. 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.