parachute
payung terjun
definition
verb
airborne units parachuted in to secure the airport
drop or cause to drop from an aircraft by parachute.
an old crony of the CEO was controversially parachuted into the job
appoint or be appointed in an emergency or from outside the existing hierarchy.
noun
Keahi would fly in low on autopilot, the five would throw out their heavy supplies on parachutes , then jump by parachute themselves.
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, or that is released from the rear of an aircraft on landing to act as a brake.
translation of 'parachute'
noun
payung terjun
example
an air operation to 'parachute' relief supplies into the region
The air vehicle is not fitted with conventional landing gear but instead achieves an accurate landing using a 'parachute' and airbags.
There are also attachments on the vest to enable the dog to be dropped by 'parachute' , or hauled up via a rope.
He was dropped by 'parachute' at Arnhem and advanced into Germany.
Furthermore, the recovery of the experiment hardware after a nominal soft landing under 'parachute' allows for its re-use in future missions.
Paragliding is the act of strapping on a parachute and running off the top of a cliff, where upward air currents fill the 'parachute' and allow you to glide.
Prosthetic limbs are dropped by 'parachute' to a wind blown field hospital for land mine victims.
In 1922, Soviet soldiers were dropped successfully by 'parachute' from aircraft.
The other nine were able to safely 'parachute' from the aircraft.
the saviour of many pilots has been the 'parachute'
an air operation to 'parachute' relief supplies into Bosnia
A thousand feet later, he opened his 'parachute' for a landing.
a 'parachute' regiment
In total, they had 10,000 men who could be dropped by 'parachute' and they had a total attack force of 22, 500 men.
the planes came over the coast and started to drop supplies by 'parachute'
I didn't have a lot of time to prepare for the parachute landing and, not being a 'parachutist' , this was new to me.
They converted them to radio control and use them to drop 'parachutes' for testing, far cheaper than the Blackhawk helicopters they were using for these tests.
The assassinations and executions were to be carried out by agents already in place in the occupied countries or by agents 'parachuted' in specifically for the task.
The crates are fitted with 'parachutes' and dropped from airplanes into Afghanistan.
The single-engined Cessna had taken off from Dunkeswell airfield with the five 'parachutists' on board, all of whom were going to make a drop over the Devon countryside.
After casting around for a new CEO, the board 'parachuted' in Stuart Rose.
It was also a good election for cronyism with a number of former special advisers being 'parachuted' in.
Sheriff was blinded by a German mortar bomb seven hours after he 'parachuted' in 1944.
Once found, we then drop 2-liter bottles of water attached to 'parachutes' .
As the crewmen 'parachuted' into the water their ejection seats transformed into emergency inflatable dinghies.
The Irishman was 'parachuted' in from Australia, untested at running an opera house but well intentioned.
Donny Brass developed cardboard refrigerator boxes with three-ply walls to safely and accurately deliver rations to refugees without using heavy crates or 'parachutes' .
When Keith Skerman was 'parachuted' in 18 months ago, hopes were high that he would drag the department from the bottom of the national league tables.
I wasn't being 'parachuted' in to a community, I was actually part of it, so I was able to look at it and do things with it in a way that nobody else could at that time.
Voskhod capsules also had larger 'parachutes' to permit ground landings.
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