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Definition of crash-dive verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

crash-dive

verb
 
/ˈkræʃ daɪv/
 
/ˈkræʃ daɪv/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they crash-dive
 
/ˈkræʃ daɪv/
 
/ˈkræʃ daɪv/
he / she / it crash-dives
 
/ˈkræʃ daɪvz/
 
/ˈkræʃ daɪvz/
past simple crash-dived
 
/ˈkræʃ daɪvd/
 
/ˈkræʃ daɪvd/
past participle crash-dived
 
/ˈkræʃ daɪvd/
 
/ˈkræʃ daɪvd/
-ing form crash-diving
 
/ˈkræʃ daɪvɪŋ/
 
/ˈkræʃ daɪvɪŋ/
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  1. (of an aircraft) to go steeply downwards and then crashTopics Transport by airc2
See crash-dive in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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