English-Danish translations for parachute

• faldskærm
  Faktisk er der kun den mulighed tilbage at springe ned med faldskærm over Europa for at få asyl her. The only way to get asylum here will be to jump out over Europe with a parachute.
  Man kunne kaste ting ned med faldskærm, eftersom vi har de tekniske og militære forudsætninger. We could parachute certain things in, as we do have the necessary military and technical resources.
  Hvis alle disse forslag får retskraft, vil det blive sådan, at man i grunden kun kan springe ned over EU med faldskærm for overhovedet at få en chance for at søge om asyl. If all these proposals are given force of law, the only way to have any chance of applying for asylum in the European Union will be to jump from a plane over the EU with a parachute.

Definition of parachute

• A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object
• A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung
• To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device
• To introduce into a place using such a device
• To place in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with ''in'or ''into''

Examples

• The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.

Related words

• parachuter
• parachute jump tower
• golden parachute
• drogue parachute
• drag parachute
• emergency parachute