cratered

verb

past tense of crater
1
as in collapsed
to be unsuccessful a time when businesses were cratering left and right

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2
as in fell
to go to a lower level especially abruptly the stock price cratered when the company filed for Chapter 11

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cratered
  1. collapsed
  2. fell
  3. flopped
  4. plunged
  5. failed
  6. tumbled
  7. folded
  8. dipped
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  • Along the way, the former leaders of the AI trade, captured in the iShares AI Innovation ETF, have collapsed by 35 percentage points relative to the equal-weight S&P 500, then regained half the loss, then gave up most of that bounce.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Support for the populist had eroded since 16 people were killed in 2024 when a concrete canopy collapsed at a train station in Novi Sad.
    — JOVANA GEC, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of collapsed
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  • In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of fell
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  • The notorious Grand Theft Auto 6 leaker seems to be hitting pause after the group’s newest effort to rake in funds appears to have flopped.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Meta’s previous efforts in this space and its big bet on the metaverse have largely flopped, but the company is convinced things will be different this time.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of flopped
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  • Another Australian company, NextDC, plunged 40% on Wednesday after the company slashed its annual earnings forecast.
    — Ashley Capoot,Jordan Novet,Annie Palmer,Lora Kolodny,Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
  • There had been a temporary improvement but the onset of the Iran war has plunged the country back into crisis.
    — Rebekah Evans, TheWeek, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of plunged
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  • Since democracy was restored in 1989, no candidate who failed to win the first round of voting has gone on to win the presidency in the second round.
    — Catherine Osborn, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
  • That plan failed when then-Senate President Susan Wagle refused to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.
    — Jack Harvel October 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of failed
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  • Shares of CoreWeave plunged 10% on Thursday, extending their monthly decline to 36%, while Australia's NextDC tumbled nearly 40% on Wednesday after cutting its earnings forecast.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The chorus broke open with two major chords, and the two people fumbled their way down the hall in the story while the musical progression tumbled downward, along with the protagonist’s self-respect.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of tumbled
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  • Deadline hears that the BBC has held tentative discussions about whether Sounds could be folded in with iPlayer to create a single streaming service for video and audio, not unlike Netflix and YouTube.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Netflix, for example, puts the TV show or movie on the top half, and video controls on the bottom half when folded in that position.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of folded
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  • As for gas, it has usually been treated as a waste product to be burned off; because there are so few pipelines to bring it to market, West Texas gas prices have even dipped negative this year.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The four-week average of claims, which strips out week-to-week ups and downs, dipped to 197,750.
    — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
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