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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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Smoking rates plummeted from their mid-20th-century peaks because “whole groups of people were quitting in concert.”

From Slate • May 15, 2026

Alibaba’s fiscal fourth-quarter net profit nearly doubled to 23.50 billion yuan, but adjusted net income plummeted nearly 100%.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

After 2002, HRT use plummeted almost overnight to 5%, and that’s where it has stood until today.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Mothers were hit hard by the pandemic shutdown, and their participation in the labor force plummeted in the spring of 2020.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

It plummeted straight down from my open hands and landed with a crash, shards of ceramic bursting apart and skittering across the floor.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez