rappelled also rappeled; rappelling also rappeling
: to descend (as from a cliff) by sliding down a rope passed under one thigh, across the body, and over the opposite shoulder or through a special friction device
rappel
noun
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While rappelling down the buttress late on Saturday, Manners and Dvorak saw a four-person team of climbers on the glacier.
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Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024
Virginia National Guardsmen rappelling out of Black Hawk helicopters into rushing waters, pulling people out of cars.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Oct. 2024
On Sunday, shortly before 8 p.m., Stewart Phillip Porter from Eau Claire was rappelling the second pitch of El Cracko Diablo on Devils Tower and went careening downward, according to the National Park Service.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2024
Second, coach/general manager Dave Cowens would be rappelling on a different mountain.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2024
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Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024
Virginia National Guardsmen rappelling out of Black Hawk helicopters into rushing waters, pulling people out of cars.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Oct. 2024
On Sunday, shortly before 8 p.m., Stewart Phillip Porter from Eau Claire was rappelling the second pitch of El Cracko Diablo on Devils Tower and went careening downward, according to the National Park Service.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2024
Second, coach/general manager Dave Cowens would be rappelling on a different mountain.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2024
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rappel
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rap·pel
rə-ˈpel 
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rappelled also rappeled; rappelling also rappeling
: to descend (as from a cliff) by sliding down a rope
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