rappel (v)
abseil (v)
rope down (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 38
def lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
examples 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
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
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Hypernym descend, fall, go down, come down
Entailment mountaineer
Domain of synset - TOPIC sport, athletics
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Member of this domain - TOPIC sport, athletics
Hyponym descend, fall, go down, come down

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