mercy mission
Aid relief operation
A mercy mission is an urgent trip undertaken to help people in distress—delivering medical supplies to disaster zones, evacuating refugees, or rescuing stranded travelers.
The phrase emphasizes humanitarian purpose over other considerations: The helicopter flew a mercy mission to reach survivors.
Military and civilian aircraft alike undertake mercy missions when lives are at stake.
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- relief effortOrganized help after disaster
- rescueSave from harm
- search and rescueFinding and saving people
- reliefEasing of distress
airlift · air drop · evacuation · compassion · aid · salvation · volunteer · refugee · crisis · lifesaving · emergency · life or death · charity · goodwill · stretcher · supplies · helicopter · medic
- heroismbravery, valor, hero, courage, heroism
- missionschurch planting, apostle, convert, apostleship, evangelization
mercy missionbombing raid
Aerial military strike
combat mission · retaliatory strike · raid · air strike · sortie
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