powerdove

verb (used with object), verb (used without object), pow·er-dived or pow·er-dove, pow·er-dived, pow·er-div·ing. Aeronautics.

to cause to perform or to perform a power dive.

Origin:
1935–40

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power-dive
verb
make a power dive; "The airplane power-dived"

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