Usually means: Rapid, emergency submarine descent maneuver.
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  1. crash-dive: Merriam-Webster
  2. crash-dive, crash-dive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. crash-dive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. crash-dive, crash-dive: Collins English Dictionary
  5. crash-dive: Vocabulary.com
  6. crash-dive: Wordnik
  7. crash-dive: Wiktionary
  8. crash-dive: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. crash-dive: Dictionary.com
  10. crash-dive: Rhymezone
  11. crash-dive: FreeDictionary.org
  12. crash-dive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. crash-dive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. crash-dive: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Crash-dive)

noun:  Alternative form of crash dive [(idiomatic, military) 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.]
verb:  Alternative form of crash dive [(intransitive, idiomatic, often hyphenated, submarine operation) To perform a crash dive.]

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