parachutes

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  1. noun An apparatus used to retard free fall from an aircraft, consisting of a light, usually hemispherical canopy attached by cords to a harness and worn or stored folded until deployed in descent.
  2. noun Any of various similar unpowered devices that are used for retarding free-speeding or free-falling motion.
  3. transitive verb To drop (supplies or troops, for example) by means of a parachute.
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  • They ripped up their parachutes, and made the fabric and the shroud lines into a long rope. —  112 - The Speaking Stone
  • Had anyone stumbled over it, they would have had a very long fall, and their parachutes were safely stowed away on the Queen Jane The stem supporting the platform was hollow, and it was there that a door opened, to reveal a circular chamber some nine or ten feet in diameter. —  Asimov'sSF,August2006
  • This dial shows that the parachutes are beneath us. —  069 - The Green Death
  • The helmets were a brilliant red color The men cinched on the parachutes, then plugged into the cockpits. —  005 - The Pirate of the Pacific
  • They'd been delayed putting on parachutes--Doc had located the parachutes in the rear of the plane--and freeing the three guards so they would have a chance for life Doc was the last from the plane. —  066 - The Munitions Master
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