Winched

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of winch form-of, participle, past

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"The pines were protected from huge blazes near Sydney by water-bombing aircraft and specialist firefighters, who were winched into a narrow gorge by helicopter."

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