plummeted

VERB

fall hard and fast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

collapse crash decline decrease descend dip dive drop drop down fall nose-dive plunge sink skid tumble

STRONG

downturn dump precipitate stoop swoop

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ascend go up grow increase raise rise

WEAK

shoot up

Example Sentences

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Once, they swam in most streams of the Santa Monicas, but their numbers plummeted amid overfishing and coastal development.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

By November 2025, the ask had plummeted to $7.49 million—around $640,000 more than his final sale price.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

He announced steep tariffs in April of last year, then after stocks plummeted, dialed them back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

And with their seventh studio film, Pixar plummeted to the ground with such a force that I began to question my undying devotion to an animation studio.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

The population of one Mandan village plummeted from 2,000 to fewer than 40 within a few weeks.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond