abseil

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The opening abseil was only the introduction to her skills, and her final CGI-aided plunge to obtain an alien crystal was terrific.

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  1. intransitive verb To rappel.

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  • One rescue was a person who was caught in a big crack in the rock-band and we were able to help them abseil down tied to one of our team members.
  • I've been into at least 10 craters but only three where I had to rope up and abseil in - Erebus, —  New Scientist - Earth
  • On this occasion, the scientists will abseil into the caves to collect the remains of the extinct animals. —  Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
  • TV celebrity and Radio 1 DJ Vernon Kay will abseil from the top of Twickenham stadium this morning.
  • If you're playing a clawed mutant with superhuman skills, you don't walk into a Wolverine media event - you fly in, hanging out of a helicopter, and then abseil from a clifftop. —  thedaily.com.au: Breaking News
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  1. German abseilen, to descend at the end of a rope : ab, down, off; see ablaut + Seil, rope (from Middle High German, from Old High German).
 

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