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nosedive noun [ ˈnəʊzdʌɪv ]

• a steep downward plunge by an aircraft.
• "the pilot put the plane in a nosedive and ejected"
Similar: dive, drop, plunge, descent, plummet,
Opposite: climb, zoom,

nosedive verb

• (of an aircraft) make a nosedive.
• "the plane nosedived into the ground and exploded"
Similar: dive, plunge, pitch (down), drop rapidly, swoop, plummet, crash-dive,
Opposite: soar, climb, zoom,

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