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drag parachute

noun

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  1. A parachute deployed behind an aircraft, space shuttle, or motor vehicle as a braking…

    A parachute deployed behind an aircraft, space shuttle, or motor vehicle as a braking device.

    • The jet dragster has been clocked at 232.24 miles per hour. . . . The car is stopped by a drag parachute.
    • As planned, within seconds of touching down, the space craft released a 40-foot-wide drag parachute to help slow it down.
    • The aircraft is designed to use a drag parachute as a brake, but Mr Prothero didn't have time to deploy it.

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