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airhead

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛːhɛd/Part of speech nounSorted aadehirStarts with AEnds with D0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a bridgehead seized by airborne troops

Word origin

From air + head (“foremost, topmost, or leading part”), sense 1 (“area of hostile territory seized for use as an airbase”) by analogy with beachhead and bridgehead.

Used in a sentence

  • In another war airheads will be more important than beachheads. Neither one will work unless we can keep it adequately supplied. The successful combat air force will require a huge transport fleet for air lift.
  • The initial airhead may in fact be a series of smaller airheads which, after landing, join up in combat structure as mutually supporting in a tactical sense.
  • The French quickly massed a division-sized force of airborne soldiers within the airhead. During the 55-day siege, over 4,000 reinforcements were parachuted into Dien Bien Phu.

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