food drops

Humanitarian supply deliveries

Food drops are deliveries of food supplies, typically by aircraft to areas that are difficult to reach by ground.

The term usually appears in humanitarian contexts—aid organizations conduct food drops to populations affected by famine, natural disasters, or conflict: Emergency food drops reached the flood victims.

The phrase can also describe scheduled meal deliveries in more casual contexts.

Related

drips · leftovers · scraps · bites · tidbits · droppings · scatter · pellets · kibble · seeds · meal kit · rations · handouts · charity · donations · soup kitchen · pantry · care package

Opposites
delivery method

food dropsrail transport

Track-based conveyance system

truck convoys · road transport · foot patrols

humanitarian action direction

food dropsblockade

Sealing off a place

siege · economic sanctions · trade embargo · scorched earth

resource flow

food dropsresource extraction

Obtaining substances from nature

crop burning · rationing

Family

food, foods, feed, fed, feeding, feeder, feeders, fodder, foster

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Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G