base jumping

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base jumping

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Extreme Sports) a sport in which a participant parachutes from any of a variety of fixed objects such as high buildings, cliffs, etc.

[b(uilding), a(ntennae), s(pan, and) e(arthbound object)]

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