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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  • Under the memorandum of understanding the two sides signed in June that collapsed within days, Iran's nuclear program was meant to be discussed over a 60-day period.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The area suffered thousands of manufacturing job losses as the automobile industry collapsed and jobs were sent overseas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of collapsed
Verb
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Vines are pulled away from fences, and sometimes trees are even felled.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of fell
Verb
  • While the warehouse project has flopped, records show that in the last few months ICE has quietly expanded its detention system in other ways.
    — Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Reigns flopped into the corner and waited for the right moment to strike with a spear.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of flopped
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  • So much water was pushed out of the bay that sea level plunged 60 inches, forcing ferries to stop operating for 18 hours.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, the Boeing 737 Max 8 plunged thousands of feet after a violent confrontation erupted inside its cockpit.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of plunged
Verb
  • But this bill has failed in both 2025 and 2026 to pass in Congress.
    — Kent Sepkowitz, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The drone bill has a detailed history as it was passed by the Senate in 2024 but failed on the final night of the legislative session when the state House of Representatives never voted on the measure as time expired.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of failed
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  • For comparison, shares of rival McDonald’s have tumbled 23% over the same period, although its market cap is still more than six times larger than Restaurant Brands’.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Mortgage applications, which include loans to buy a home or refinance an existing mortgage, tumbled 6% last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Assn.
    — Michelle Chapman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of tumbled
Verb
  • The album folded electronic textures, orchestral flourishes, studio experimentation and huge melodies into songs that wrestled with politics, mortality, love, fear and the strange business of being alive.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The Samsung partnership then represents a new revenue stream for ARS artists, particularly at a time when art publications have reduced their print schedules or folded completely.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of folded
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  • Mainland Chinese equities dropped to a 13-month low this month, while the Japanese yen dipped to a multi-decade low in June.
    — Hok-hang Cheung, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Trump’s approval also dipped among Black and Latino voters in the poll.
    — Ben Wieder, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of dipped
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“Cratered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cratered. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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