parachute
US /ˈper.ə.ʃuːt/
UK /ˈper.ə.ʃuːt/
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parachute
a cloth canopy that fills with air and allows a person or heavy object attached to it to descend slowly when dropped from an aircraft.
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The soldier deployed his parachute and drifted safely to the ground.
Le soldat a déployé son parachute et a dérivé en toute sécurité vers le sol.
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They packed the emergency parachute carefully.
Ils ont soigneusement emballé le parachute de secours.
1.
parachuter, sauter en parachute
drop (something) by parachute.
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They plan to parachute supplies into the remote village.
Ils prévoient de parachuter des fournitures dans le village isolé.
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The pilot had to parachute out of the damaged aircraft.
Le pilote a dû sauter en parachute de l'avion endommagé.