PLUNKED DOWN Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

plunked down

verb

variants or plonked down

past tense of plunk down

as in struck down

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The Supreme Court in turn granted that request and struck down the preliminary order, and again granted the government’s request on Tuesday.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
That ruling came a month after more than 80% of voters struck down the petition overhaul, called Amendment 4, in a landslide.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of struck down

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As a determined floor correspondent at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, he was knocked down on camera by security guards while trying to interview a Georgia delegate whom the guards were removing from the convention floor.

— Walter Podrazik, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Smith Point Park stairs to the surf were wiped out and at Jones Beach, the berm held up but parts of the fishing pier were knocked down.

— Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of knocked down

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The Regional Parks Department said on social media that at least 10 light poles and several street signs were knocked over.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Thibodeaux then came over knocked over Jackson remained on the field but was replaced by Caedan Wallace on the next set of team drills.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of knocked over

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This is different to me than, say, a re-creation of the Eiffel Tower being plopped into Las Vegas, which is preying on replication as generic spectacle.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
In the comics, Battleworld stitched together all the different worlds and plopped every hero and their variants into a new universe.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026

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