free-climb

verb

Definition of free-climbnext
as in to summit

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-climb
  1. summit
  2. ascend
  3. scale
  4. surmount
  5. breast
Verb
  • Florine also mentioned the popular via ferrata as an option—the European system for protecting mountaintops with high exposure so that hikers can more safely summit.
    Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 30 July 2024
  • No, summiting Everest — a snowy, icy endeavor that has claimed countless lives and left tons of trash behind — doesn’t have a ton in common with Olympic sport climbing.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of summit
Verb
  • Women are ascending to leadership roles in record numbers, according to McKinsey and LeanIn.
    Cynthia Pong, JD, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • But one photo of his that appeared in a 1996 Powder magazine article shows the team ascending the North Face Direct, to the climber’s left of the Japanese Couloir, confirming at least one attempt on the Hornbein.
    Matt Coté, Outside Online, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of ascend
Verb
  • New entrepreneurs need to ensure from the start that their company can grow and scale in ways that won’t compromise the organization’s core values or operational integrity.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • These scores were then scaled from 0 to 100, with 100 representing the most mischievous travel habits.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of scale
Verb
  • This was a story about someone who had identified an obstacle and, through dogged accounting, surmounted it.
    Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The Quad’s ability to surmount these limitations is critical, in part because the group’s durability hinges on its ability to deliver on its promises.
    Dhruva Jaishankar, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2022
Definition of surmount
Verb
  • How can breast cancer support groups help patients and survivors?
    Sam Manzella, Flow Space, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Advertisement Cronin doesn’t feel like a marathoner who has breasted the tape so much as one in the middle of a race.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
Definition of breast
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