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Meaning of death spiral in English

death spiral
noun [ C usually singular ]
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/ˈdeθ ˌspaɪə.rəl/ us
/ˈdeθ ˌspaɪr.əl/
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a situation that keeps getting worse and that is likely to end badly, with great harm or damage being caused:
We're trying to avoid the death spiral where the electricity supply starts to shrink and prices start to skyrocket.
a situation in which an aircraft that is out of control flies downward while going around in circles:
He went into a death spiral and flew his plane into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts.
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(Definition of death spiral from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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in Chinese (Traditional)
死亡漩渦，死亡螺旋（情況越來越糟，可能造成巨大的傷害或破壞）, 死亡漩渦，死亡旋降（飛行器失去控制，在空中旋轉下降）…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
死亡漩涡，死亡螺旋（情况越来越糟，可能造成巨大的伤害或破坏）, 死亡漩涡，死亡旋降（飞行器失去控制，在空中旋转下降）…
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