Usually means: Descending vertically using a rope.
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  1. rappelling: Merriam-Webster
  2. rappelling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rappelling: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rappelling: Vocabulary.com
  5. rappelling: Wordnik
  6. rappelling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. rappelling: Wiktionary
  8. rappelling: Dictionary.com
  9. Rappelling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. rappelling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rappelling)

▸ noun:  A system used to descend heights with a rope.

Similar:
rappeler, rappeller, top-rope, ropeline, roping, ropeladder, ropes course, rope-way, rafting, racking, more...

Opposite:
ascending, climbing, scaling

Types:
abseiling, descending, rappelling down, rappelling off, more...

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Similar:
rappeler, rappeller, top-rope, ropeline, roping, ropeladder, ropes course, rope-way, rafting, racking, more...

Opposite:
ascending, climbing, scaling

Types:
abseiling, descending, rappelling down, rappelling off, more...



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