dust-off
n.— «The villagers kept prudently out of sight as we swept through, after a helicopter dust-off for Dum-Dum and McNey.» —by Charles W. Sasser Walking Dead Jan. 2, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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