Synonym: chute, jump. Similar words: chute, earache, for a change, parade, cataract, character, parapet, paragon. Meaning: ['pærəʃuːt] n. rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall. v. jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute.
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61. A skydiver plunged to his death yesterday when his parachute failed to open.
62. With John Alsop away at parachute school, George Thomson served as best man.
63. Graf von Kageneck is helped into his parachute harness by his ground crew on a Sicilian airfield in May 1941.
64. Even before the splat, the gull shapes its wings into a parachute and drops straight down to eat the scattered remains.
65. He claims Simeon Ferrante was suffering from concussion from a previous drop when he made the parachute jump that killed him.
66. As you wind up the discussion, ask them to tell you how many main parts there are to your parachute drawing.
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67. Both powers in practice are as useful as a parachute in a space ship - reassuring but not very practical.
68. Had a parachute on his back just like the rest, and holding out the holy cross in his hand.
69. He bailed out at just the right time and floated the short distance to earth in a golden parachute.
70. Lord C told her to take a spot of leave before reporting for a short parachute course.
71. He broke in, set a parachute alight and then went back to start a better one.
72. Ford, who weighed about 170 pounds, used a 135-square-foot parachute.
73. The parachute opened okay, but the tent poles smashed on landing.
74. Jack fell for Polly like a man with no parachute.
75. He jettisoned his parachute but died after his reserve chute failed to open in time.
76. The Parachute Regiment are the elite of the British armed forces.
77. Mr Wright, a widower with one son and two grandchildren, made his first parachute jump yesterday.
78. There's archery on-site too as well as a simulated parachute jump.
79. Thus when the glider is launched it takes a second cable and parachute up with it.
80. He seemed to be telling team mates that his parachute had not performed correctly.
81. He also made his first descent from a balloon by parachute.
82. I couldn't remember where the pull was to open the parachute.
83. When Amelia learned to fly in 1921, Lieutenant Harris's parachute jump was still almost two years in the future.
84. Make a rough sketch of a parachute on the board.
85. Ann Langford, a Medau trainer, hopes that by coming down by parachute she can send our fund raising sky high.
86. About 2 o'clock that afternoon, three Allied planes came over the coast and started to drop supplies by parachute.
87. John hurried down from parachute school, bringing his jump partner, Reeve Schley.
88. Several writers have emphasised the very stressful nature of the parachute training at Ringway.
89. Earth arrival is accomplished by aerocapture, followed by descent of the sample container under a parachute.
90. During the usual paramilitary, parachute, and security training it emerged that she was an admirable shot.
More similar words: chute, earache, for a change, parade, cataract, character, parapet, paragon, paramour, paradox, parallax, parallel, parable, parasol, parakeet, paranoia, paranoid, paraffin, parasite, paradigm, separate, disparage, paramedic, separable, paramount, disparate, parameter, paralyzed, comparable, paralysis.