crash dive

Definitions

1. 1

   An emergency maneuver by a submarine in which it suddenly descends, especially to…

   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.

   • As the crash dive began at 1:50 p.m., the overboard ventilation valve had not been closed, which resulted in tons of water flooding the submarine.
2. 2

   A rapid descent by a person or thing, ending in a violent collision.

   • In "Icarus's Mother," a skywriter salutes two girls on a beach with the message, "E=MC²," and then swirls into a deadly crash dive.
3. 3

   Three quarters of a front somersault, beginning on the feet and landing on the back.

   • The next routine can be the same as Routine 7 but with the crash dive being replaced with a one-and-three-quarter front somersault tucked (with a tariff of 0.7), making the total tariff 4.8
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   1. 4

      To perform a crash dive.

      • Cuthburt turned the Grandmere in time to see the U-69 within yards of his ship. Graf wasted no time in taking evasive action, crash diving and turning, barely escaping the Grandmere’s efforts to ram him.
   2. 5

      To cause (a submarine) to perform a crash dive.

      • Siegmann was still obliged to crash-dive the sub three more times to escape twelve more bombs.
   3. 6

      To rapidly descend, intentionally or accidentally, in a manner that ends in a violent…

      To rapidly descend, intentionally or accidentally, in a manner that ends in a violent collision.

      • At 0640 hours, a Japanese suicide plane crash-dove into the USS Gilligan.
   4. 7

      To rapidly descend, in a manner that ends in a violent collision with (something).

      • 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.
   5. 8

      To cause (something) to descend rapidly, in a manner that ends in a violent collision.

      • [T]he Japanese have organized a suicide corps of flyers whose mission is to crash-dive their explosives-laden aircraft into ships.

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