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Nose Dives Crossword Clue

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99%7Exact Match!
noun

• a brief swim in water

• a steep and rapid fall

verb

• thrust or throw into

• drop steeply

• dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity

• begin with vigor

• cause to be immersed

• fall abruptly

• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

• devote (oneself) fully to

95%8Exact Match!
noun

• a movement downward

• properties attributable to your ancestry

• the act of changing your location in a downward direction

• the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

• a downward slope or bend

• the hereditary derivation of an individual

35%9Nose-dives during an airshow
verb

• (of an aircraft) To bomb whilst in a steep dive.

• (of a bird) To attack (especially the head of) a person or animal that strays into their territory.

• (of a motorist) To overtake slower traffic by way of a more circuitous route, such as a pair of freeway exit and entrance ramps.

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New York Times30 Oct 2022 Down 58
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