Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The process of spraying crops with powdered insecticides or fungicides from an aircraft.
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- noun The
application offertilizers ,pesticides , andfungicides ontocrops from anaircraft
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)
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Examples
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And the 9/11 hijackers had looked into purchasing crop-dusting planes in the States that they believed might be suitable for dispersing chemical or biological agents.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Stuart Speiser 1923-2010 Attorney Stuart Speiser was a onetime crop-dusting pilot who helped establish the field of aviation tort law by litigating some of the deadliest crashes in history.
A Pilot and a Lawyer, He Helped Chart Aviation Tort Law Stephen Miller 2010
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Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta got its start as a crop-dusting operation in the deep South.
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Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta got its start as a crop-dusting operation in the deep South.
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And the 9/11 hijackers had looked into purchasing crop-dusting planes in the States that they believed might be suitable for dispersing chemical or biological agents.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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And the 9/11 hijackers had looked into purchasing crop-dusting planes in the States that they believed might be suitable for dispersing chemical or biological agents.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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And the 9/11 hijackers had looked into purchasing crop-dusting planes in the States that they believed might be suitable for dispersing chemical or biological agents.
The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011
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Famous, mostly for doing something marvelous and strange, like flying around the world in a two-seater plane with a blind pilot, crop-dusting various developing nations with rations of dented canned goods and deodorant—a sign that he had been listening to me the whole time.
i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010
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Famous, mostly for doing something marvelous and strange, like flying around the world in a two-seater plane with a blind pilot, crop-dusting various developing nations with rations of dented canned goods and deodorant—a sign that he had been listening to me the whole time.
i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010
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"They are crop-dusting," they said, almost glibly.
Melinda Gopher: Baucus and Hill 57 Victims of 30 Year Chemical War 2009
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