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Rarecrash dive
The correct spelling is crash dive.
How to pronounce crash dive
noun
Say it like: Cra-sh -div-e
The correct spelling is crash dive. An emergency maneuver by a submarine in which it suddenly descends, especially to considerable depth, usually in order to escape an attack or to avoid a collision.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.An emergency maneuver by a submarine in which it suddenly descends, especially to considerable depth, usually in order to escape an attack or to avoid a collision.
- 2.A rapid descent by a person or thing ending in a violent collision.
verb
- 1.(often hyphenated, submarine operation) To perform a crash dive.
- 2.(often hyphenated, submarine operation) To cause (a submarine) to perform a crash dive.
- 3.(often hyphenated) To rapidly descend, intentionally or accidentally, in a manner that ends in a violent collision.
- 4.(often hyphenated) To rapidly descend, in a manner that ends in a violent collision with (something).
- 5.(often hyphenated) To cause (something) to descend rapidly, in a manner that ends in a violent collision.
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