paratrooper

[ UK /pˈæɹətɹˌuːpɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɛɹəˌtɹupɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a soldier in the paratroops
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How To Use paratrooper In A Sentence

  • The obtaining situation and the open terrain were factors that did not let paratroopers linger for long in those areas.
  • Paratroopers were dropped behind enemy lines to capture key points on the roads into the city.
  • Also known as the Antaeus, the An-22 can carry 60 tonnes of cargo and 300 soldiers with infantry weapons or 151 paratroopers. BBC News - Home
  • Paratroopers were dropped behind enemy lines to capture key points on the roads into the city.
  • He emphasized the paratroopers' privilege of wearing their trouser legs tucked into their jump boots.
  • Paratroopers who parachuted in will be lifted by crane back to their helicopters.
  • He was a sergeant paratrooper who commanded a group of men at the abbey.
  • The unique fuselage pod had additional, if cramped, space for paratroopers, stretchers or freight.
  • Soldier A, a paratrooper, was a member of one of two platoons involved directly in the vast majority of the killings which took place that day.
  • The passengers included a judo champion, a former paratrooper and a retired police officer. Times, Sunday Times
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