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Noun nose dive has 1 sense

• nose dive(n = noun.act) dive, nosedive - a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft; Array
is a kind of descent
has particulars: power dive

THESAURUS

nose dive

acrobatics, aerobatics, banking, beat down, belly buster, belly flop, belly whopper, break, breakdown, cannonball, chandelle, cheapen, cheapening, collapse, comedown, crabbing, crash, crash dive, cropper, cut, cut prices, decline, deflate, deflation, depreciate, depreciation, devaluate, devaluation, dip, dive, diving, downfall, drop, fall, fall in price, fishtailing, gainer, give way, glide, header, jackknife, jew down, lose altitude, lower, lowering, mark down, markdown, parachute, parachute jump, pare, pitch, plop, plummet, plummeting, plump, plunge, plunk, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, power dive, pratfall, price cut, price fall, price reduction, pull-up, pullout, pushdown, reduce, reduction, rolling, running dive, sag, settle, shave, sideslip, skid, skin-dive, sky dive, sky-dive, slash, slump, smash, sound, spiral, stall, stationary dive, stoop, stumble, stunting, swan dive, swoop, swoop down, tactical maneuvers, tailspin, take a header, trim, tumble, volplane, zoom

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