sharp rise; sudden rise / (of aircraft) ascent at a steep angle

to rise sharply; to rise suddenly / (of aircraft) to ascend at a steep angle

(of aircraft) nosedive; descent at a steep angle; plunge

(of aircraft) to nosedive; to descend at a steep angle; to plunge

entreating the enemy to surrender

to entreat the enemy to surrender

Alternative spelling of 天下り: descent to earth from heaven; an avatar; in Japan's postwar period, the practice of awarding a high-level bureaucrat with a high-paying job after retirement (also spelled 天下り): a kind of revolving door syndrome

calling the spirits of the dead / spiritualism

to call, contact, or communicate with the spirits of the dead, to act as a medium

(algebra) descending powers