Death spiral may refer to:
- Spiral dive, a terminal situation in flying
- Death spiral (figure skating), an element of pair skating
- Death spiral (insurance), an insurance plan whose costs are rapidly increasing
- Death spiral financing
- Ant mill, a behavioral phenomenon in ants
Famous quotes containing the words death and/or spiral:
“For who shall defile the temples of the ancient gods, a cruel and violent death shall be his fate, and never shall his soul find rest unto eternity. Such is the curse of Amon-Ra, king of all the gods.”
—Griffin Jay, Maxwell Shane (1905–1983)
“The spiral is a spiritualized circle. In the spiral form, the circle, uncoiled, unwound, has ceased to be vicious; it has been set free.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)