PLUMMETED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

plummeted

verb

past tense of plummet

as in fell

to go to a lower level especially abruptly a week in which stock prices plummeted

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Recent Examples of plummeted Stock markets surged and oil prices plummeted after Washington and Tehran reached a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, though analysts voiced caution over the agreement’s prospects. —

Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 15 June 2026 And also, after tickets plummeted in the wake of those changes voted to close down the Center and that has prompted this sort of litigation. —

Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 June 2026 The two choppers, one carrying Tree and four others, and the second one carrying just a pilot, collided over Rio de Janiero and plummeted to the ground, according to local officials and media. —

Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026 Our goal was not to persuade or judge, but to figure out why public trust in national institutions has plummeted to historic lows and what might be done to build it back up. —

Scott Warren, The Atlantic, 13 June 2026 Despite return-to-office mandates aiming to restore culture and trust, global employee engagement has plummeted, indicating proximity doesn't guarantee belonging. —

Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026 The use of coal for power generation has plummeted, almost halving over the last five years alone. —

Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 11 June 2026 In areas of Everglades National Park, where the snakes started showing up in the 1980s, sightings of mammals such as marsh rabbits, raccoons, opossums, bobcats and deer have plummeted by 80% to 99%, depending on species. —

Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026 At the same time, Newton also admitted that this same quality has plummeted over the past two to three decades, even as the volume of garments continues to soar. —

Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026

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Aalto University / Mahdi Asgari History is filled with stories of the great being felled by the puny.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 June 2026
And those are the lucky ones, who weren’t felled by late-season injuries and bumped from the tournament the way Brazil’s Rodrygo, Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma and Germany’s Serge Gnabry were.

— Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026