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an area into which paratroopers, soldiers, or supplies are landed from aircraft for a military operation.
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2015.
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As one car drops from the sky, another races the same distance across the ground, to beat it to the
is a designated landing area clear of obstacles, and is usually marked.
All parachute systems performed as planned and all test hardware was safely recovered from the
Their parachutes popped open and they drifted with the wind back to the east, towards the saddle, and settled into the
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