Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb to descend steeply and rapidly; -- of aircraft.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a rapid descent by a submarine
  • verb descend steeply and rapidly

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Examples

  • I urge the immediate organization of special attack units to carry out crash-dive tactics.

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • I urge the immediate organization of special attack units to carry out crash-dive tactics.

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • He had seen with his own eyes a pilot crash-dive his plane into a torpedo heading for the carrier.

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • He had seen with his own eyes a pilot crash-dive his plane into a torpedo heading for the carrier.

    Sea of Thunder Evan Thomas 2006

  • As soon as all were aboard, Greg had ordered the submarine to crash-dive.

    Ice Hunt Rollins, James, 1961- 2003

  • The U-boat, warned by the size of the explosion that it was confronting a Q-ship, performed a crash-dive and disappeared.

    Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

  • Before the planes obliged by sinking, the zeppelin was overhead and Naismith was forced to crash-dive.

    Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

  • Every morning, and sometimes evening too, the Scatterbrained Suicidekicks mosey down to the palm-thatched radar shack to see if there's any American targets worth a crash-dive, anywhere inside their flying radius.

    Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

  • As the world knows, the latest crash-dive has been performed by Mel

    Latest Articles Chicago Press Release News Services 2010

  • And then next year, Lost will crash-dive in the ratings, and get cancelled three months after everyone that works on it has moved their families from Hawaii to Hollywood, where it will be doing its new, five nights stripped, seventh season at a brand-new studio ABC will spend $20 million to build.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2010

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