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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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Turkey's stock market plummeted 6% late on Thursday before recovering some of that ground on Friday morning.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

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

From Slate • May 15, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Zoetis shares plummeted 20% Thursday after first-quarter earnings and revenue missed Wall Street expectations.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Straddling the wall, I gave the four faces in the graveyard one last glance, swung over, and plummeted into long grass.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell