Synonyms for parachute
ˈpær əˌʃutpara·chute

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1. parachute, chuteverb

   rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

   Synonyms:
   slide, chute, slideway, sloping trough

2. chute, parachute, jumpverb

   jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

   Synonyms:
   rise, skip over, startle, pass over, chute, jumpstart, jump-start, bound, alternate, spring, leap, start, stick out, stand out, climb up, skip, jump out, jump off, derail, leap out, jump

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1. List of paraphrases for "parachute":

   parachuting, chute, parachutisme, paratrooper

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1. Peter Coker:

   This is built around safety from the start, reliability is the most important element of it. We have safety built into the actual structure itself. Very similar to a Formula One racing car, and finally what we actually have is a new ballistic parachute that is the basis of recognizing the way that we can be as safe as we possibly can. It opens at very low altitude and actually saves both the aircraft and the pilot in an emergency.

2. Brendan Malone:

   The boat flipped over and people started pulling the lines trying to pull her down and that was when the parachute line broke and then sent her down the Mexican coastline hundreds of feet in the air.

3. Manuel Escalera:

   Originally residents said an aircraft had fallen, and later, because of the balloon's shape, they said it was a parachute.

4. Carl Laurin:

   I always got the feeling that when Dan Cooper jumped with our team, the Michigan parachute team, it was a means of survival, not really for the thrill, dan Cooper was looking for something far beyond that.

5. Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy:

   what planet did you parachute in from