free-fell

past tense of free-fall

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-fell
Verb
  • The Buckeyes benefited from a pair of penalties, including a face mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The Buckeyes benefitted from a pair of penalties, including a face-mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.
    Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Silas Stein | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Pinterest shares plummeted 21% on Wednesday after lackluster third-quarter earnings as advertising took a hit from larger retailers dealing with tariffs.
    Jaures Yip, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Production plummeted 75 percent.
    David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, which killed nearly 20,000 people and precipitated a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, remains a vivid illustration of the devastation such events can cause.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Her son's vulnerability precipitated some of those words.
    Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 8 Nov. 2025
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“Free-fell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free-fell. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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