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Antonyms for para chutes
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : par-uh-shoot |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpær əˌʃut |
Definition of para chutes
Origin :- 1784 (the year the use of one first was attempted, in Paris), from French parachute, literally "that which protects against a fall," hybrid coined by French aeronaut François Blanchard (1753-1809) from para- "defense against" (see para- (2)) + chute "a fall" (see chute).
- PARACHUTE, a kind of large and strong umbrella, contrived to break a person's fall from an airballoon, should any accident happen to the balloon at a high elevation. ["Supplement to the Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences," Philadelphia, 1803]
- As in safety net : noun security guarantee
- As in jump : verb leap, spring
Synonyms for para chutes
- bail out
- barge
- benefits
- bob
- bounce
- bound
- buck
- buffer
- canter
- caper
- clear
- curvet
- dive
- drop
- fall
- gambol
- government aid
- hop
- hurdle
- hurtle
- insurance
- jerk
- jiggle
- jounce
- level of economic security guaranteed by government
- lollop
- lop
- lunge
- lurch
- parachute
- plummet
- pop
- precaution
- precautions
- preventive measure
- protection
- protective umbrella
- quiver
- rattle
- ricochet
- safeguard
- safety plug
- safety valve
- saltate
- shake
- sheet anchor
- skip
- sky
- somersault
- subsidy
- surge
- take
- top
- trip
- vault
- waver
- wobble
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