plunged

verb

past tense of plunge
1
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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2
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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3
as in descended
to lead or extend downward a stairway plunging into darkness

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Recent Examples of plunged SpaceX stock has plunged below the IPO price of $135 a share and is now 45% below its high, which briefly put its market cap above Microsoft’s. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 July 2026 Other food companies that sell fresh lettuce also saw their shares drop, like salad chain Sweetgreen, which plunged nearly 13% this week, and fast casual chain Cava, which sank more than 3%. — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 17 July 2026 The fan ran onto the court and plunged a nine-inch kitchen knife into Seles' back. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026 His rushing production plunged to just 133 yards at North Carolina. — Noah Vinsky july 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026 Atlantia was the controlling shareholder in motorway operator Autostrade per l’Italia at the time of the disaster which killed 43 ​people when their vehicles plunged from the flyover. — CNN Money, 16 July 2026 Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and artificial intelligence company has plunged one-third from its post-listing peak, erasing nearly $850 billion in value. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 July 2026 Now that shares have plunged below its IPO price, the scales could already be falling from investors’ eyes. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 15 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plunged
  1. dived
  2. fell
  3. descended
  4. tumbled
  5. dipped
  6. declined
  7. plummeted
  8. dropped
Verb
  • The video clearly showed the forward had dived after a tackle from Leandro Paredes.
    — The Athletic Soccer Experts, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • Water-dumping planes repeatedly dived into the Seine River to scoop up water and douse the fires — the first time such aircraft had ever been used to fight fires in the Paris region, the regional fire chief said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Definition of dived
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  • Countless trees were felled and taken to Eugene for processing in mills or floated up the Willamette to Portland, the sawn trunks chained together in massive, bobbing rafts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • Messi had produced another vintage performance three weeks earlier, this time at the Nou Camp, where the Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng toppled over like a tree that had been felled.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of fell
Verb
  • 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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  • Shares dipped below their IPO price of $135 on Wednesday morning for the first time since listing, a humbling loss for the stock, which had skyrocketed more than 50% in its first days of trading last month.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
  • Public problems and progress SpaceX shares have dipped below their $135 IPO price for the first time, wiping out more than $1 trillion from the value of Elon Musk's group.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of dipped
Verb
  • The business remained open Saturday afternoon, but employees declined to comment on the raid when reached by phone.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2026
  • When Britain withdrew from the Gulf, Qatar declined to fold into the federation that became the United Arab Emirates and took independence alone in 1971, under Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali, before Hamad's branch of the family held power.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of declined
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  • The toddler plummeted from the rear window of the building on Oak Terrace near Beekman Ave.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
  • Mike Blake | Reuters SpaceX stock has posted losses in nine of the last 10 trading days, and as of Friday's close, had plummeted nearly 23% since the company was added to the Nasdaq-100.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 17 July 2026
Definition of plummeted
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  • Asian stock markets also dropped on Friday in another wobble from investors over the sustainability of the AI boom.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • On Thursday, the Hawks dropped their fourth game of the Summer League tournament in Las Vegas.
    — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
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