emergency parachute

collocation in English

meaningsofemergencyandparachute

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withemergency.
emergency
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪˈmɜː.dʒən.si/us
/ɪˈmɝː.dʒən.si/
something dangerous or serious, such as an accident, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly and needs fast action in order to avoid ...
See more atemergency
parachute
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpær.ə.ʃuːt/us
/ˈper.ə.ʃuːt/
a piece of equipment made of a large piece of special cloth that is fastened to a person or thing that is dropped from an aircraft, in order to make him, her, or it fall slowly and safely to ...
See more atparachute

(Definition ofemergencyandparachutefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofemergency parachute

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
But even a leap of faith requires the occasionalemergencyparachute.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
For testing and training anemergencyparachutebackup recovery system was provided.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
It was fitted with anemergencyparachutesystem and controlled by 5-channel radio link; instrument data was downlinked using a 12-channel radio.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
During this time he survived several crashes andemergencyparachutejumps.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Some activities include flight instruction,emergencyparachutemanufacturing, kit plane and sailplane sales/manufacturing, historic and decommissioned aircraft restoration, aircraft upholstery, aircraft cover manufacturing, and much more.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
He broke his shoulder and mangled his shoulder on landing, after opening hisemergencyparachuteat an altitude of only 60 meters and crashing into a taxi.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The emergency parachutes that are the rescue plans need to be folded away, they say, and investment programmes abolished.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Once at a safe distance, three emergency parachutes would open to slow the vehicle's descent into the ocean.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
He and his friends begin extracting rubber, weaving the basket, and making emergency parachutes out of dandelions.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Such an assignment would have given him knowledge and experience in the aviation industry; and loadersbecause they throw cargo out of flying aircraftwear emergency parachutes and receive rudimentary jump training.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofemergency
Go to the definition ofparachute
See other collocations withemergency