to crash-dive
- phrasal verb
- /kræʃ daɪv/
- Specialized
:
inmersión brusca
- The pilot had to crash-dive to avoid a mid-air collision.
Examples
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The submarine began to crash-dive as soon as the alarm sounded.
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Look at that plane crash-diving into the clouds!
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With little warning, the roller coaster seemed to crash-dive straight towards the ground.
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The pilot had to crash-dive to avoid the storm.
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The pilot had to crash-dive the plane to avoid colliding with the mountain.
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After taking damage, the submarine had to crash-dive to evade detection.
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When enemy fire erupted, the aircraft performed a crash-dive to escape safely.
Synonyms
93
5.8
Fall suddenly and steeply from a high place or in amount
83
3.8
To fall or drop suddenly from a higher to a lower place
4
5.8
To fall quickly and steeply, like a plane or stocks
To make a plane dive steeply and quickly using engine power
How Fast
- Specialized
93
5.8
83
3.8
45
1.0
152
1.0
150
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crash-dive combines crash, meaning 'a sudden collision or accident', and dive, meaning 'to go down quickly'. So, to crash-dive is to go down very steeply and quickly, like a plane, submarine, or roller coaster making a sudden drop.