PLUNGED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

plunged

verb

past tense of plunge

as in dived

to cast oneself head first into deep water she took a deep breath and plunged from the side of the pool

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as in fell

to go to a lower level especially abruptly prices for those televisions have really plunged since they were first introduced

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as in descended

to lead or extend downward a stairway plunging into darkness

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Recent Examples of plunged For Friday’s clash between Spain and Belgium, prices have plunged 65%, according to TickPick, a secondary ticket marketplace. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 10 July 2026 Though brief, Yoon’s martial law declaration plunged South Korea into a political crisis, paralyzing politics and high-level diplomacy while rattling financial markets. — ABC News, 9 July 2026 By June, China’s imports plunged below 7 million barrels daily, effectively lowering global oil demand by almost 5 million barrels per day. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 9 July 2026 Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images Shares of South Korea's Hanwha Ocean plunged about 23% Tuesday, after the company lost its bid to build Canada's next fleet of submarines. — Justina Lee, CNBC, 7 July 2026 Most of the losses were attributable to heavy selling in chip stocks and tech companies after shares of Samsung plunged 7% overnight. — Katherine Doyle, NBC news, 7 July 2026 Many investors today haven't experienced the severe market corrections of the early 2000s, where major indices plunged. — James Berman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Even as the communist country proposes reforms, the United States continues a pressure campaign, ramping up economic sanctions and maintaining an oil embargo that has plunged much of the island into darkness. — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 1 July 2026 On June 30, the wife of Brooklyn Beckham posted a new carousel of photos from her brother Will Peltz's wedding, where her bridesmaids dress nearly plunged to her ribcage. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 30 June 2026

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Vargas dived to his left to get his hands on a Zeki Amdouni shot right from the penalty marker.

— NBC News, NBC news, 7 July 2026
Ryan dived the right way for only one of four penalties, and Australia missed two of theirs as Egypt won.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 7 July 2026

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That the forest below has not been felled but has swelled, along with its creatures, is hugely the work of Dharana’s owners, the de Souza family.

— Horatio Clare, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2026
The most dangerous situation appeared to be on Barrington Avenue, west of East Dundee Village Hall, where a light, a utility pole and part of a parkway tree were felled by strong winds, leaving power lines dangling across the road.

— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

Definition of fell

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Nirmal Kumar, 44, a businessman, said what began as a leisurely trip descended into chaos within minutes as a storm lashed the boat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
On a balmy June evening, a crowd of vampire obsessives descended upon the Upper West Side’s Beacon Theatre in a sea of black and red.

— Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026

Definition of descended

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This mixture is pushed through an extruder to form tiny, sprinkle-like cylinders, which are then tumbled in a rapidly spinning chamber to round them into near-spherical particles.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
AstraZeneca — The biopharmaceutical company tumbled 8% after its heart disease drug, Wainua, failed to meet its target in a late-stage clinical trial.

— Michelle Fox, CNBC, 9 July 2026

Definition of tumbled

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The firm declined to share Henderson’s declaration, citing a confidentiality agreement.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Attorneys for the defendants have denied the allegations in court, and MetroLoft declined to comment on the pending litigation on Thursday.

— Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

Definition of declined

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Previous problems with the Pfizer-building renovation also came to light in the press—a fall off a ladder and objects that plummeted to the street below.

— D. T. Max, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
In Grokipedia’s example, the site's traffic plummeted between January and February 2026.

— Bar Maimon, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of plummeted

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Immigration raids and wildfires dissuaded tourists from visiting, and even Canadian tourists who typically make up the largest number of foreign visitors to California dropped 21%.

— Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Just before the trial was set to commence in May, Lively dropped her lawsuit and settled with Baldoni and Wayfarer.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 9 July 2026

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