Dive and Falling

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Dive noun - An act or instance of diving.

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Falling and dive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Falling" instead a noun "Dive".

Nearby Words: dived, diver, diving

Falling adjective - Coming down freely under the influence of gravity.

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Dive and falling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dive" instead the word "Falling" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: fall, fallen

There are several places in Banjo-Tooie where you can do a high dive into water and suffer no falling damage, the most obvious being the "Dive of Death" in Witchyworld.

Source: Soft Water
Just as Gligar accomplished its training and thus conquering its Acrophobia and fear of battling, Team Rocket's attempt to steal Gligar leads both Ash and Gligar falling down a cliff, and Gligar can't dive fast enough to stop Ash from falling.

Source: Die or Fly
When saving a falling man in the opening of "Ring of Fire", Virgil doesn't even try to dive after him, and even Thunderbird 2 doesn't catch up just by falling — instead he gets back in and uses the ship's rockets to dive faster.

Source: Western Animation / Thunderbirds Are Go

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