NOSE-DIVED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

nose-dived

verb

Definition of nose-dived next

past tense of nose-dive

as in fell

to go to a lower level especially abruptly prices on just about everything nose-dived right after the holidays

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Recent Examples of nose-dived Trust in Netanyahu’s government nose-dived after the deadly 2023 Hamas attack. —

ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026 The noise of the engines, the mounting anxiety of his wife and sister-in-law, who may have cried out as the plane nose-dived, could only have increased his own. —

Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026 The program nose-dived following the firing of Al Skinner after the 2009-10 season with BC going 184-290, including a 73-200 mark in the ACC, over the past 15 seasons. —

Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026 Corals bleached and their population nose-dived, especially in the Keys, where water temperatures hit a Jacuzzi-like 101 degrees. —

Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026 Study after study has shown that over the past decade, American students’ reading abilities have nose-dived, along with reading habits. —

Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026 Attendance has nose-dived since. —

Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2025

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Firefighting crews worked Monday to cool residual heat and prevent hot spots from causing reignition, using chainsaws to fell and cut up hazardous trees, inspecting each section for heat and using hoses to extinguish any remaining embers.

— Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 20 May 2026
The timbers came from trees felled by Cyclone Pam, the Category 5 storm that flattened much of Vanuatu in 2015.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026