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

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Shares have plummeted 71% from an all-time closing high of $28.87 on June 8, 2021.

From Barron's • 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

The price of kerosene plummeted to 26 cents a gallon in 1870, from 58 cents in 1865.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

The price of a barrel of oil, which reached more than $3 during the boom years, plummeted to 65 cents in 1931, and an annual headright payment fell to less than $800.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann