parachuted

Verb

parachute (third-person singular simple present parachutes, present participle parachuting, simple past and past participle parachuted)

1. (intransitive) To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
   • Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle...2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36
2. (transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device.
   • The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.
3. (transitive) To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.
4. (slang) To wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them, so that they will be released for absorption when the covering dissolves within the body.

   Synonyms:

   bomb

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