plunked down

verb

variants or plonked down
past tense of plunk down
as in struck down

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plunked down
  1. struck down
  2. knocked down
  3. knocked over
  4. plopped
Verb
  • Last month, a federal appeals court struck down Florida’s Stop WOKE Act as applied to colleges and universities.
    — David Wippman, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Earlier this year, a federal judge struck down charges that might have brought the death penalty.
    — Brian Mann, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of struck down
Verb
  • Early in their time on set, the players got a bit wild, knocked down some cornstalks and were forced to play cards and horseshoes away from the field in their spare time.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • After using unconventional tactics, such as water-dropping helicopters, LAFD crews knocked down the fire and returned the property to Lineage for cleanup.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocked down
Verb
  • When dogs are outside, make sure there's shade and plenty of water in a bowl that can't be knocked over.
    — Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Trees are especially vulnerable to being knocked over from incoming gusts due to prolonged wet soil from yesterday's storm.
    — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocked over
Verb
  • But the sausage slipped from its grip and plopped back into formation, alongside the others revolving lazily between rollers.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In the comics, Battleworld stitched together all the different worlds and plopped every hero and their variant into one new universe.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 July 2026
Definition of plopped
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“Plunked down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunked%20down. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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