Parachute Flashcards
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Q
Parachute
A
a cloth canopy (سايبان) which fills with air and allows a person or heavy object attached to it to descend slowly when dropped from an aircraft, or which is released from the rear of an aircraft on landing to act as a brake.
V. drop or cause to drop from an aircraft by parachute.
Ex. airborne (هوابرد) units parachuted in to secure the airport.
V. appoint or be appointed in an emergency or from outside the existing hierarchy (سلسله مراتب).
Ex. an old crony (دوست ) of the CEO was controversially ( بحث برانگيزي) parachuted into the job
