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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of parachute.

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Examples

  • Three of the men on board parachuted from the plane, only to be captured and executed by the

    Remains Returned List WWII 2009

  • Master Sgt. Richard L. Pompeo, parachuted from the aircraft before it crashed.

    Remains Returned List WWII 2009

  • Three of the crewmen parachuted from the aircraft and died while prisoners of the

    Remains Returned List WWII 2009

  • Jean-Marc cried out as if he had just parachuted from the top of the Eiffel Tower ... and landed beside the shimmering Seine.

    French Word-A-Day: 2007

  • Jean-Marc cried out as if he had just parachuted from the top of the Eiffel Tower ... and landed beside the shimmering Seine.

    French Word-A-Day: 2007

  • Jean-Marc cried out as if he had just parachuted from the top of the Eiffel Tower ... and landed beside the shimmering Seine.

    chantier - French Word-A-Day 2007

  • Japanese had executed the three airmen who parachuted from the the government declared all missing crew members as

    Remains Returned List WWII 2005

  • The last thing that anyone knows for sure about Doc Laporte is this: Several hours before dawn on Sept. 5. 1967, he was the fifth of nine men who parachuted from a transport plane into a hellish place named Happy Valley.

    Laporte, Michael L. 1990

  • The crew safely parachuted from the plane, but only the pilot was rescued.

    Hardie, Charles D. 1990

  • The crew safely parachuted from the plane, but only the pilot was rescued.

    Patterson, Bruce M. 1990

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