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parachute
noun as in safety net
Example Sentences
Police say instructor Justin Fuller "is presumed to have fallen from the sky without a parachute" during the jump on Saturday.
Royal Air Force paratroopers drew a grand applause after a coordinated display of parachute work that saw them float down to the shores.
The astronauts will then begin a dangerous part of the mission as they re-enter the Earth's atmosphere, and parachute back to the surface off the coast of California.
It had just taken off from Portland, Ore. At Seattle, he forced airline officials to bring him four parachutes and $200,000 in $20 bills.
In one photo of a yellow parachute in the air, he wrote: "Once upon a time, an intelligent, sharp-witted man they call 'mysterious' parachuted into my life."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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