PLUNKED DOWN Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

plunked down

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variants or plonked down

past tense of plunk down

as in struck down

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One liberal justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, said in May after the court struck down a majority-Black district in Louisiana and weakened the Voting Rights Act that the institution risked being seen as political.

— Gene Johnson, Fortune, 24 July 2026
The administration imposed the new duties under Section 301, which was not struck down by the Supreme Court earlier this year.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 24 July 2026

Definition of struck down

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With this World Cup and its even bigger numbers, overwhelming media coverage and an American team that actually came with expectations, doors were knocked down.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Contra Costa County firefighters knocked down a separate pair of residential fires in Pittsburg and Antioch on Friday and Saturday in which three people were hospitalized.

— Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 July 2026

Definition of knocked down

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Muchová went up 3-1 early with a crouching forehand volley that just plopped inside the court, prompting applause from Gauff and a disbelieving shake of the head from Muchová.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 9 July 2026
But about two years ago, when the Markley Group plopped its second cooling tank behind her above-ground swimming pool, along with a growing number of surveillance cameras, the relationship had soured.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026

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