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/ˈfɹiːˌfɔːl/
Noun
A state of motion affected by no acceleration or force other than that of gravity.
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SAC has a bomber study currently in progress to see how many freefalls, how many SRAM, how many ALCM's they need to fill out the force.
A state of motion but allowing for the presence of incidental air resistance not caused intentionally by devices such parachutes or wings.
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I only had four months left on the team and wanted to log as many freefalls as possible, and I was closing in on my 750th jump.
A rapid, uncontrolled decline or worsening.
Usage- broadly
- Countable
- Figurative
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As civil war continues in Iraq, the U.S. president's approval ratings are in freefall.
That "spiritual imagination" is manifest in the "Mass," which checks the freefalls into dread with praise for the mystery, flux and plenitude of creation.
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compared with the freefalls that followed, one day after another through the next weeks, as brief respites gave way to new selling panics.
House prices were in freefall, if you owned one.
Passenger numbers in freefall as UK battles COVID-19
Even with the economy in free fall, demand for cheap, cute clothes persisted.
Verb
To drop in a state of freefall.
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A base jumper attempts to freefall for as long as possible before triggering the parachute.
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Watching a mother raccoon urge her babies, one by one, to let go of their grip of the roof and free-fall into her outstretched arms, three feet below on the porch rail.
To decline or worsen rapidly and uncontrollably.
Usage- broadly
- Figurative
- Intransitive