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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  • Emergency authorities said 190 buildings collapsed completely and another 856 sustained significant damage.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Once known best for her #MomTok dances, the 33-year-old Brigham Young University fine arts graduate and mother of three in 2025 successfully collapsed the boundary between creator culture and traditional entertainment.
    — Emma Barker Bonomo, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of collapsed
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  • Countless trees were felled and taken to Eugene for processing in mills or floated up the Willamette to Portland, the sawn trunks chained together in massive, bobbing rafts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • Messi had produced another vintage performance three weeks earlier, this time at the Nou Camp, where the Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng toppled over like a tree that had been felled.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of fell
Verb
  • And if DeBlois’s new movie flopped, the rides would stand as multimillion-dollar monuments to corporate hubris and Hollywood greed.
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 14 July 2026
  • Cece went into her room, flopped onto her bed, and pulled up her text thread with Tomo.
    — Jessica Contrera, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of flopped
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  • SpaceX stock has plunged below the IPO price of $135 a share and is now 45% below its high, which briefly put its market cap above Microsoft’s.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 July 2026
  • Other food companies that sell fresh lettuce also saw their shares drop, like salad chain Sweetgreen, which plunged nearly 13% this week, and fast casual chain Cava, which sank more than 3%.
    — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 17 July 2026
Definition of plunged
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  • But her healthcare providers failed to properly diagnose and treat her condition, the lawsuit alleges.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • There was Kylian Mbappe, lethal and prolific, even after France failed to make a third straight final.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of failed
Verb
  • In results published Monday, Europe’s largest airline said that profit in the three months to the end of June had tumbled 34% to €538 million from the same quarter in 2025.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • As Logano moved into the Chase, Erik Jones tumbled out after finishing 21st.
    — Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of tumbled
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  • Cargo space measures 56 cubic feet behind the second row and expands to a healthy 112 cubic feet (3,171 L) with the seats folded and slid forward.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
  • Volunteers flattened and folded the bags, cut them into strips and tied them together to form plastic year, which was woven into durable sleeping mats using looms.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of folded
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  • Shares dipped below their IPO price of $135 on Wednesday morning for the first time since listing, a humbling loss for the stock, which had skyrocketed more than 50% in its first days of trading last month.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
  • Public problems and progress SpaceX shares have dipped below their $135 IPO price for the first time, wiping out more than $1 trillion from the value of Elon Musk's group.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 16 July 2026
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