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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But, not long afterward, lawmakers in Florida approved a new map aimed at flipping four seats to Republicans, and in early May Virginia’s top court struck down the redraw there, on procedural grounds.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
If Klapper cannot remove those provisions independently, the suit said, then the entire legislation could be struck down.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of struck down

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But his backwards pass was knocked down by Oklahoma State’s Christian Bodnar and returned for a touchdown by Jackson.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Courville and Reynolds started filming the neighborhood in 2013, after a redbrick building around the corner on Douglas and Third was knocked down.

— Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 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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So by the time Max was 3 years old, he was already plopped into a kid kart inside the speedway’s shipping and receiving warehouse while being pulled around with a bungee cord tied to the front bumper.

— Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
When the final whistle blew, defender Auston Trusty grabbed the match ball and plopped it in Sullivan’s arms, knowing its significance.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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