1
as in to collapse
to be unsuccessful
a time when businesses were cratering left and right
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2
as in to plunge
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
the stock price cratered when the company filed for Chapter 11
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as in cave
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Recent Examples of crater
Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
They are also found streaks near younger craters, where the ground is more disturbed and can trigger dust flows more easily.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 July 2025
Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
While key Democratic experts such as James Carville have predicted that support would crater as the new president’s agenda began to weigh on the economy, both Trump and the Republican Congress are holding their support.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
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Verb
There is a strange and uniquely contorted crater inside Canyonlands National Park.
—Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
They are also found streaks near younger craters, where the ground is more disturbed and can trigger dust flows more easily.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 July 2025
Noun
But without Lillard's clutch shot creation and passing, the Bucks offense will crater late.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
While key Democratic experts such as James Carville have predicted that support would crater as the new president’s agenda began to weigh on the economy, both Trump and the Republican Congress are holding their support.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crater
Verb
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Multiple Outer Banks homes have collapsed into the ocean in recent years, including at least three around this time last year from Hurricane Ernesto’s waves.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
19 Aug. 2025
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Humanitarian workers themselves are collapsing from hunger.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The eviction notice has plunged his future into uncertainty.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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Filmed on 16mm Kodak Ektachrome across a non-stop 45 day shoot, Petersen expands her exploration of mysticism and disappearance in southernmost Argentina – plunging head-first into a father-daughter relationship upended in the sleepy mountains of Tierra del Fuego.—
Jason Liwag,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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Chasing gestures and glimmers of memory, the film returns to Cao Thị Hậu’s birth cave alongside cinema’s first light.—
Cátia Rodrigues,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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Aged in natural caves, this cheese is deeply tied to the region’s heritage.—
Hannah Howard,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Aug. 2025
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Iron Sushi, 9030 SW 72nd Pl., South Miami-Dade Routine inspection, 28 total violations, one High Priority violation Iron Sushi stands as a restaurant ironman of failure, flopping on inspections Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.—
David J. Neal
August 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
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Rebuilding an executive brand after an ugly headline takes messy phone calls, late-night revisions and the nerve to admit the first dozen remedies flopped in public view.—
Jon Michail,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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June 23-16: Trump’s approval rating dipped one point, to 41%, in a Reuters/Ipsos survey of 1,139 U.S. adults taken June 21-23 from its June 11-16 survey, with 57% disapproving (the latest poll has a 3-point margin of error).—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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For example, Prime Video has in recent seasons dipped into the market for Premier League and Champions League games.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Earthquakes have shaken the cavern repeatedly and back in the day, when the government was testing nuclear weapons farther west at the Nevada Test Site, an underground blast would cause the water to ripple.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Little detail is known about exactly what each of the underground caverns held or when, but etchings by 18th-century Italian classical archaeologist and artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi show it as a lively part of the city center.—
Antonia Mortensen,
CNN Money,
23 July 2025
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Crucially, many systems still fail to consider complexities like second marriages, age diversity, regional variation or cross-cultural compatibility.—
Anuradha Gupta,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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And residents who fail to remove water from outdoor receptacles could face fines and the possibility of having their electricity turned off.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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But, if wages don’t rise to match those jumps, consumer spending could fall and slow the economy.—
Raul Elizalde,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Twice this season the Milwaukee Brewers have flirted with a 12 game winning streak but fell short, until their Aug. 13 12-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Crater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crater. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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