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Meanings of skydive in English

Jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute.

Usage of skydive in English
1
The skydive took place just a few days into her three-month trip.
News.com.au
2
Kids swoop in on hang-gliders; they formation skydive into the church grounds.
The Irish Times
3
He plans to break the following records: Highest exit altitude for a skydive.
Wired
4
A Tasman resident has set the record for the highest skydive in New Zealand.
Radio NZ
5
A woman in South Africa has celebrated her 100th birthday by performing a skydive.
BBC
6
Tyler Nii's body was never found after a tandem skydive went wrong in early 2018.
Radio NZ
7
Carey, then 20, had organised the tandem skydive with a professional during her European holiday.
News.com.au
8
She has previously completed a skydive, a wing walk and even been swimming with sharks.
BBC
9
No one would ever SCUBA or skydive like that.
Climbing Magazine
10
EBONY: Is it true that real men skydive?
Ebony
11
Thompson pointed out that back then people didn't skydive for sport the way they do now.
Packing for mars: the curious science of life in the void
12
The record for the largest all-female skydive formation has been broken by 117 women in California.
BBC
13
A skydive in Nadi starts from as little as $280.
News.com.au
14
McCleod has organized a skydive along the international dateline, east of New Zealand and the Chatham Islands.
Wired
15
Impressive, but nothing compared to his plan to skydive from 23 miles above the Earth next week.
Wired
16
A Google executive has plunged from the stratosphere to break the world record for the highest-altitude skydive.
Radio NZ
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