Humanitarian aid is being sent to the refugees.humanitarianhu‧man‧i‧tar‧i‧an /hjuːˌmænəˈteəriən $ -ˈter-/ ●○○ adjective [only before noun] 
Humanitarian aid is being sent to the refugees.humanitarian grounds/reasons/purposes He was released from prison on humanitarian grounds.—humanitarian noun [countable]—humanitarianism noun [uncountable]
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Humanitarian aid is being sent to the refugees.
- But it also reflects a direct concern by President Clinton over the diplomatic and humanitarian effects of open-ended sanctions.
- He urged that military support be sent immediately to protect humanitarian convoys entering Sarajevo.
- On 8 January I called for a high-level meeting of donor countries to respond to the United Nations latest humanitarian appeal.
- The monetary value of the lamp, as opposed to its humanitarian value, was greatly appreciated by all the major principals concerned.
- They can and have safeguarded the provision of humanitarian aid.
- Unemployment is at 38 %, and thousands are being denied access to humanitarian aid, food supplies and work.
- We made this offer on humanitarian grounds.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Humanitarian aid is being sent to the refugees. He was released from prison on humanitarian grounds.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Humanitarian aid is being sent to the refugees. He was released from prison on humanitarian grounds. (=given to people living in very bad conditions)· Ministers agreed to send humanitarian aid, including food and medical supplies.
(=taking food, clothes, medicine etc to people in disaster areas)· The United Nations aid convoy finally reached the border.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· The resolution refers specifically to detention centres and humanitarian aid.· Baker was reported to have spoken with Bufi about human and political rights and to have promised US$6,000,000 in immediate humanitarian aid.· The hon. Gentleman is right about the principle of humanitarian aid, although he is wrong about the details.· Unemployment is at 38 %, and thousands are being denied access to humanitarian aid, food supplies and work.· If the hon. Gentleman is going to talk about humanitarian aid, I hope that he will get his facts right.· We have provided valuable economic and humanitarian aid to ease the transition to a market economy.· With the exception of western humanitarian aid, none of their hopes of an rapid improvement in the economy was fulfilled.· They called for a ceasefire in the region and for access for humanitarian aid deliveries.
· I should like to say I joined the scheme out of humanitarian concerns but to be honest it was with a view to increasing business.· There will also be an increase in humanitarian concerns about animal welfare.
· This, as we have seen, is a rejection of the basic principles of the international humanitarian law of armed conflict.· The participating States will make widely available in their respective countries the international humanitarian law of war.
· S.-backed loans, even for humanitarian purposes.
· But the troops will only go in for humanitarian reasons including the protection of supplies.· The humanitarian reasons for safeguarding this provision should be sufficient in themselves.· The first principle reiterates a point made earlier: although they favoured reform rather than punishment, this was not for humanitarian reasons.· Aside from purely humanitarian reasons, there are other more practical reasons for aiming to control pain.· Most people joined it for humanitarian reasons but it was an outlet for all kinds of disgust.· For humanitarian reasons, all paralysed infants should receive opiate analgesia.· Neither experts nor ordinary people understand why humanitarian reasons should prevail over elementary justice.
WORD FAMILYnounhumanhumanismhumanity ≠ inhumanityhumanitarianhumanitarianismhumankindhumanoidadjectivehuman ≠ inhumansuperhumansubhumanhumane ≠ inhumanehumanitarianhumanoidadverbhumanly ≠ inhumanlyhumanely ≠ inhumanelyverbhumanize
concerned with improving bad living conditions and preventing unfair treatment of peoplehumanitarian aid/assistance/relief Humanitarian aid is being sent to the refugees.humanitarian grounds/reasons/purposes He was released from prison on humanitarian grounds.—humanitarian noun [countable]—humanitarianism noun [uncountable]