Looking for the meaning or definition of the word crash dive? Here's what it means.
Noun
(idiomatic, military) An emergencymaneuver by a submarine in which it suddenly descends, especially to considerable depth, usually in order to escape an attack or to avoid a collision.
A rapiddescent by a person or thing ending in a violent collision.
Verb
(hyphenate) To perform a crash dive.
(hyphenate) To cause (a submarine) to perform a crash dive.
(hyphenate) To rapidly descend, intentionally or accidentally, in a manner that ends in a violent collision.
(hyphenate) To rapidly descend, in a manner that ends in a violent collision with (something).
(hyphenate) To cause (something) to descend rapidly, in a manner that ends in a violent collision.
