"death spiral" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-death spiral.ogg Forms: death spirals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} death spiral (plural death spirals)
  1. (aviation) The downward, corkscrew-motion of a disabled aircraft which is unrecoverably headed for a crash. Categories (topical): Aviation Synonyms: graveyard spiral Related terms: auger in, tailspin Translations (motion of an aircraft headed for a crash): syöksykierre (Finnish), Friedhofsspirale [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-death_spiral-en-noun-VVMcU~Rh Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'motion of an aircraft headed for a crash': 100 0 0
  2. (pairs figure skating) A manoeuvre in which a male skater spins in place while holding one hand of his female skating partner as she circles around him with one skate on the ice and one leg extended outward parallel to the ice surface, all the while slowly lowering herself until her back almost touches the ice surface. Categories (topical): Figure skating Translations (manoeuvre in figure skating): kuolemanspiraali (Finnish), Todesspirale [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-death_spiral-en-noun-en:figure_skating Disambiguation of Figure skating: 21 50 29 Disambiguation of 'manoeuvre in figure skating': 8 89 3
  3. (figurative, by extension) The situation or course of action of one who is on a path toward some sort of inevitable catastrophic failure. Tags: broadly, figuratively Translations (inevitable catastrophic failure): syöksykierre (Finnish), kuolemankierre (Finnish), Todesspirale [feminine] (German), espira mortífera [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-death_spiral-en-noun-ENzqJFt8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 31 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 35 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 30 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 30 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 31 49 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 30 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 30 50 Disambiguation of 'inevitable catastrophic failure': 5 5 89

Inflected forms

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