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abseil

 
Noun abseil has 1 sense
  1. abseil - a descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point
    --1 is a kind of
    descent
Verb abseil has 1 sense
  1. rappel, abseil, rope down - lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"
    --1 is one way to descend, fall, go down, come down
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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