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tailspin noun

  • (figuratively) Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
 chute libre
  • (aviation) The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
 vrille

tailspin verb

  • Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral.
 tomber en vrille
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