plummeted; plummeting; plummets
1
: to fall perpendicularly
birds plummeted down
2
: to drop sharply and abruptly
prices plummeted
1
: plumb
also
: plumb line
2
: an abrupt drop : an instance of plummeting
a sharp plummet in prices
If in the final week of the season, the Mets were trying to stop a plummet off a cliff, they are now attempting to climb out of a dark, deep abyss …—
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Examples of plummet in a Sentence
Verb
The acrobat plummeted into the net.
The car plummeted to the bottom of the canyon.
The satellite plummeted into the ocean.
Stock prices plummeted 40 percent during the scandal.
The TV show has plummeted in the ratings.
Temperatures are expected to plummet this weekend.
The town's population plummets when the students leave for the summer.
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Jeff Amy, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
The crash sent both aircraft plummeting into the Potomac River and killed 67 people, including all 60 passengers and four crew on the plane, and all three soldiers aboard the helicopter.
—Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
The incident recalled the crash of an Air Florida flight that plummeted into the Potomac on Jan. 13, 1982, that killed 78 people.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025
Temperatures in the county will plummet to the 30s and 40s on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, with daytime highs in the 50s and low 60s, as the low pressure system that brought weekend rains continues to spin through the region, according to the weather service.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Authorities say there were no survivors after the two aircraft plummeted into the Potomac River in the country’s deadliest aviation disaster since 2001.
—Jeff Amy, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
The crash sent both aircraft plummeting into the Potomac River and killed 67 people, including all 60 passengers and four crew on the plane, and all three soldiers aboard the helicopter.
—Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
The incident recalled the crash of an Air Florida flight that plummeted into the Potomac on Jan. 13, 1982, that killed 78 people.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025
Temperatures in the county will plummet to the 30s and 40s on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, with daytime highs in the 50s and low 60s, as the low pressure system that brought weekend rains continues to spin through the region, according to the weather service.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Plummet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plummet. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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