Meaning & use
Spiraled
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Moved in a continuous curve that winds around a center while getting closer to or farther from it; also, increased or worsened rapidly and uncontrollably.
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The plane spiraled downward before the pilot regained control.
Her debts spiraled out of control after she lost her job.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense, describing a situation worsening rapidly, is extremely common in phrases like 'spiraled out of control.'
Words with a similar meaning
coiledescalatedspun
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Words with an opposite meaning
stabilizedleveled off
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