free-climb

verb

Definition of free-climbnext
as in to summit

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-climb
  1. summit
  2. ascend
  3. scale
  4. surmount
  5. breast
Verb
  • In her pursuit to raise awareness and support for MCF, Maria has embarked on incredible physical challenges, from summiting Mount Everest and K2 to trekking to the North and South Pole, making history as the first Portuguese woman to ever achieve these feats.
    Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Florine also mentioned the popular via ferrata as an option—the European system for protecting mountaintops with high exposure so that hikers can more safely summit.
    Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 30 July 2024
Definition of summit
Verb
  • John told Lennon if the song ascended to the top of the charts, Lennon would have to join him onstage to sing it.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The evergreen tree growing atop the stairway that ascends 2,000 feet up a hillside near Manitou Springs has for years been decorated with bulbs, lights and other festive trinkets by hikers during the holiday season.
    Max Levy, The Denver Post, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of ascend
Verb
  • Each person has a part to play in the overall goal, and each person’s goals can scale up and down from hourly to a five-year trajectory.
    Ciarán McArdle, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • If corporate leaders complain about these directives’ effects on their bottom lines, Trump’s team could force CISA to scale back its use of this authority.
    Eric Geller, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of scale
Verb
  • Following up the arrival of Wicked Part One and Gladiator II at the box office right before Thanksgiving is a feat in and of itself, but following a beloved first feature installment gave Moana 2 even more of a wave to surmount.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
  • For comedians who reach a certain level of cultural ubiquity, fame becomes a problem to overcome in the work — an obstacle to relatability that has to be named and, ideally, punctured, or a summit to continually surmount with bigger venues and over-the-top spectacle.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
Definition of surmount
Verb
  • How can breast cancer support groups help patients and survivors?
    Sam Manzella, Flow Space, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Advertisement Cronin doesn’t feel like a marathoner who has breasted the tape so much as one in the middle of a race.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
Definition of breast
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