"crash dive" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-crash dive.ogg Forms: crash dives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crash dive (plural crash dives)
  1. (idiomatic, military) An emergency maneuver by a submarine in which it suddenly descends, especially to considerable depth, usually in order to escape an attack or avoid a collision. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-crash_dive-en-noun-aQhIftic Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. A rapid descent by a person or thing, ending in a violent collision.
    Sense id: en-crash_dive-en-noun-xazB~pov Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 13 16 2 3 18 21 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 14 17 3 3 18 21 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 16 16 1 2 18 20 21
  3. (trampoline) Three quarters of a front somersault, beginning on the feet and landing on the back.
    Sense id: en-crash_dive-en-noun-h5Prh8E- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 13 16 2 3 18 21 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 14 17 3 3 18 21 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 16 16 1 2 18 20 21

Verb

Audio: en-au-crash dive.ogg Forms: crash dives [present, singular, third-person], crash diving [participle, present], crash dived [past], crash dove [past], crash dived [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|crash dive<,,dived:dove,dived>}} crash dive (third-person singular simple present crash dives, present participle crash diving, simple past crash dived or crash dove, past participle crash dived)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic, often hyphenated, submarine operation) To perform a crash dive. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: crash-dive Related terms: nosedive, power dive
    Sense id: en-crash_dive-en-verb-hILV~Zo~
  2. (transitive, idiomatic, often hyphenated, submarine operation) To cause (a submarine) to perform a crash dive. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
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  3. (intransitive, often hyphenated) To rapidly descend, intentionally or accidentally, in a manner that ends in a violent collision. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-crash_dive-en-verb-E0Ctxv3P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 13 16 2 3 18 21 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 14 17 3 3 18 21 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 16 16 1 2 18 20 21
  4. (transitive, often hyphenated) To rapidly descend, in a manner that ends in a violent collision with (something). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-crash_dive-en-verb-Nm32VY4M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 13 16 2 3 18 21 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 14 17 3 3 18 21 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 16 16 1 2 18 20 21
  5. (transitive, often hyphenated) To cause (something) to descend rapidly, in a manner that ends in a violent collision. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-crash_dive-en-verb-k~BZw~Ch Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 13 16 2 3 18 21 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 14 17 3 3 18 21 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 16 16 1 2 18 20 21

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2014, Philip Kaplan, Grey Wolves: The U-Boat War, \"Sit There and Take It\" (Google online preview)",
          "text": "Siegmann was still obliged to crash-dive the sub three more times to escape twelve more bombs."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (a submarine) to perform a crash dive."
      ],
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        [
          "hyphenate",
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        ],
        [
          "crash dive",
          "#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "often hyphenated; submarine operation; often hyphenated; submarine operation",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic, often hyphenated, submarine operation) To cause (a submarine) to perform a crash dive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2008, James Richard Snellen, South Pacific at Seventeen, →ISBN, page 48:",
          "text": "At 0640 hours, a Japanese suicide plane crash-dove into the USS Gilligan.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rapidly descend, intentionally or accidentally, in a manner that ends in a violent collision."
      ],
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        [
          "hyphenate",
          "hyphenate"
        ],
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          "rapidly",
          "rapidly"
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          "descend",
          "descend"
        ],
        [
          "intentional",
          "intentional"
        ],
        [
          "accidental",
          "accidental"
        ],
        [
          "violent",
          "violent"
        ],
        [
          "collision",
          "collision"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "often hyphenated",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, often hyphenated) To rapidly descend, intentionally or accidentally, in a manner that ends in a violent collision."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1945 July 30, John Hersey, “Kamikaze”, in Life, volume 19, number 5, retrieved 2015-10-28, page 70:",
          "text": "Twenty-two Jap suicide planes sighted destroyer off Okinawa April 16 and for more than two hours bombed and crash-dived the ship in a wild and apparently unorganized attack.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rapidly descend, in a manner that ends in a violent collision with (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hyphenate",
          "hyphenate"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "often hyphenated",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, often hyphenated) To rapidly descend, in a manner that ends in a violent collision with (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1945 April 23, “World Battlefronts: Divine Tempests”, in Time, retrieved 2015-10-25:",
          "text": "[T]he Japanese have organized a suicide corps of flyers whose mission is to crash-dive their explosives-laden aircraft into ships.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (something) to descend rapidly, in a manner that ends in a violent collision."
      ],
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        [
          "hyphenate",
          "hyphenate"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "often hyphenated",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, often hyphenated) To cause (something) to descend rapidly, in a manner that ends in a violent collision."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "crash-dive"
    }
  ],
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    "crash dive"
  ],
  "word": "crash dive"
}

Download raw JSONL data for crash dive meaning in English (7.8kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: trampoline",
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