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BASE jump (b

A parachute jump from high structures and precipitous earth formations, typically from heights of 305 meters (1,000 feet) or less.

[b(uilding) + a(ntenna tower) + s(pan) + e(arth) + jump.]

BASE-jump v.

BASE jumper n.

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base base jumping			An international band of base jumpers form the nucleus of the event, leaping with tiny parachutes and landing on a sixpence an endless distance below. FLYDIVE HOLIDAY; Daredevil Mark McGivern takes in the awesome views ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Byline: By OWEN HUGHES A BASE jumper who leapt from a 500-foot cliff with a parachute had to be airlifted to safety after crashing half way down his descent. WALES: Jumper airlifted to safety from cliff by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) A base jumper survived a 60-metre (200-foot) plunge from an Australian bridge Sunday despite his parachute failing during the stunt, officials said. Base jumper survives 60-metre fall with failed parachute by AFP / AFP Asian Edition			base cluster base cluster commander base cluster operations center base command base commander base community base complex base component Base course base defense base defense forces base defense operations center base defense zone base development base development (less force beddown) base development plan base ejection shell base element Base Exchange Base fee base fuze base head base hit base hospital BASE jump BASE jumper base jumping base level base line base load base map base map symbol base metal base of operations base on balls base pair base pairing base path base pay base period Base plate base price base rate base rate fallacy Base ring base runner base section base speed base station base surge base symbol			Base II Base Individual Mobilization Augmentee Administrator Base Information Analysis Base Information Analysis Program Base Information Digital Distribution System Base Information Infrastructure Base Information Protect/Protection Base Information Protection Office Base Information Systems Plan Base Information Transfer Center Base Information Transfer System base initiation base installation security system base insulator Base Integrated Systems Management Center Base interest rate Base Intermediate Maintenance Facility Base Internodal Timing System Base Intrusion Security Systems Base Intrusion Sensor System Base ionization constant base isolators Base Item Type BASE jump BASE jump BASE jumper Base Jumpers BASE jumping BASE jumping base jumps Base language Base Lending Rate base level base level Base Level Accounting & Reporting System Base Level Assessment Base Level AUTODIN Message Extract System Base Level Automated Information Data System Base Level Commercial Equipment Base Level Communication Infrastructure Base Level Computing Base Level Data Automation Standardization Program Base Level Information Infrastructure Base Level Information Transmission System Base Level Inquiry System Base Level Integrated Support System Base Level Military Personnel System Base Level Military System Base Level Noise Seismic Spectrum Base Level Operations Base Level Personnel System Base Level Self-Sufficiency

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BASE jump (redirected from BASE jumper)

BASE jump
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