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 Shares of weight loss drug maker Zealand Pharma plummeted as much as 23% on Monday after new data on its experimental medicine raised concerns over its potential side effects. —

Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 8 June 2026 Public opinion towards it has sharply worsened in the last year, with majorities in most countries polled having unfavorable views towards it, and confidence in Netanyahu has plummeted. —

Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 8 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 Flynn cited unspecified data that show Boston’s housing production plummeted from 9,800 units approved in 2020 to just 852 in the first six months of 2025. —

Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026 Meanwhile birth rates have plummeted. —

Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026 During the prior incident, four members of a seven-person expedition plummeted near Denali Pass, which is known as one of the most hazardous stretches of the mountain. —

Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026 Almost immediately, these two have been joined at the hip and have shouldered much of the talk of the Canadiens’ bright future that began one year later when the franchise plummeted to the bottom of the standings and began a rebuild under Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes. —

Arpon Basu, New York Times, 5 June 2026 For weeks afterward, foreign visits to the resort town of Puerto Vallarta on Jalisco’s coast fell by more than 30% compared to 2025, while hotel occupancy and restaurant sales plummeted. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026

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Piccotto effectively plays the regret of a mother forced to reckon with the loss of a child, the horror of engaging with that child again, while also grappling with her own role as a mother felled by the scourge of addiction.

— David John Chávez, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
In a Western Conference Final where a few other key Colorado Avalanche players are already playing through injuries, the NHL’s leading goal scorer this season was felled trying to prevent someone else from scoring.

— Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 25 May 2026