dropship
See also: drop ship
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dropship (plural dropships)Category:English lemmas#DROPSHIPCategory:English nouns#DROPSHIPCategory:English countable nouns#DROPSHIPCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DROPSHIPCategory:Pages with entries#DROPSHIPCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DROPSHIP
- (science fictionCategory:en:Science fiction#DROPSHIP) A flying transport that drops troops or equipment onto a planet, etc.
- 1997 September, Dan Simmons, The Rise of Endymion, New York: Bantam, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 363:
- I'm sending down five more dropships, combat EMVs, and a thopter gunship.Category:English terms with quotations#DROPSHIP
- 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Sierra 117:
- IFF confirmed. Contact is Pelican Dropship Kilo 23. Over.Category:English terms with quotations#DROPSHIP
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Verb
dropship (third-person singular simple present dropships, present participle dropshipping, simple past and past participle dropshipped)Category:English lemmas#DROPSHIPCategory:English verbs#DROPSHIPCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DROPSHIPCategory:Pages with entries#DROPSHIPCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DROPSHIP
- Alternative form of drop ship.
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