Death Spiral

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:

    “Can even death dry up
    These new delighted lakes, conclude
    Our kneeling as cattle by all-generous waters?”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “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)