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crash dive

 
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–noun
a rapid dive by a submarine made at a steep angle, esp. to avoid attack from a surface vessel or airplane.
Origin:
1915–20
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crash-dive

  [krash-dahyv, -dahyv]
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -dived or -dove, -dived, -div⋅ing.
to dive rapidly at a steep angle.
Origin:
1925–30
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crash-dive   (krāsh'dīv')
intr.v.   crash-dived or crash-dove (-dōv'), crash-div·ing, crash-dives
To undergo a crash dive.
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