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Definition of Crop-dusting
1. Noun. The dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft).
Generic synonyms: Diffusion, Dispersal, Dispersion, Dissemination
Category relationships: Aircraft
Definition of Crop-dusting
1. Noun. The application of fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides onto crops from an aircraft ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crop-dusting
Literary usage of Crop-dusting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Terrorism: U.S.-Russian Workshop Proceedings by Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk (2004)
"... Iraqi regime successfully tested aerosol dissemination equipment on aircraft
by flying modified crop-dusting equipment out of a crop- dusting airfield. ..."
2. Quarterly of the National Fire Protection Association by National Fire Protection Association (1896)
"He operated the largest crop-dusting and charter service in Saskatchewan. In 1940,
he leased a 112 ft. by 265 ft. wooden hangar which housed his own 13 ..."
3. Hazard-Wise: Classroom Resources for Teachers on Natural Hazards & Disasters by Chris Dolan (1995)
"In small bushfires crop dusting aircraft using water or ... when compared to
conventional methods, c Why might crop dusting aircraft be particularly suited ..."
4. Drugs, Law Enforcement And Foreign Policy: Report By The Committee On by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"Guerra refueled and repaired the planes which came from Panama loaded with Cuban
weapons for the Sandinistas.18 Guer- ra's crop dusting business was ..."
5. Journal by Helicopter Association of Great Britain (1894)
"CM Britland (Royal Aircraft Establishment) Written contribution : Apart from the
specialised and irregular uses of helicopters, such as crop-dusting, ..."
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