What is "parachutists"

Usage examples of "parachutists".

One is that when the civil population is unarmed, parachutists, cyclists and stray tanks can not only work fearful havoc but draw off large bodies of regular troops who should be opposing the main enemy.

Joel shared his hopes of taking up skydiving so he could make a living chronicling parachutists as they made their thrilling descents.

As I sat in the dressing room preparing to embark on a professional boxing career, I kept thinking of Joel doing something equally unimaginable, like jumping out of airplanes in order to fill his portfolio with photos of parachutists drifting in the wind.

They fall to earth, fouled parachutists, botched and cindery angels, love streaming out behind them like torn silk.

They are said to be useful against tanks and will be absolutely necessary if enemy parachutists with machine-guns manage to establish themselves in our big towns.

At the beginning the intention was simply to deal with parachutists, but the events in France and the Low Countries had caused an exaggerated fear of Fifth Columnists, and the authorities had evidently some notion of turning the Home Guard into a sort of auxiliary police force.

Somewhat later the loss of Crete showed what can be done by parachutists and airborne troops, and tactics for dealing with them were worked out.