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Definition

fall or decrease suddenly

Much more rarely, plummet can reference the metal weight of a plumb line. (A plumb line is a cord from which a metal weight is suspended to indicate a straight line downward, or to measure depth.)

Our spirits plummeted when the other team scored with less than a minute in the game.

plummeted = dropped a lot suddenly

The car rolled down the hill and plummeted off the cliff.

plummeted = fell straight down

The stock market plummeted.

plummeted = dropped in value suddenly

The temperature plummeted.

plummeted = dropped a lot suddenly

I swear the Gamemakers are progressively ratcheting up the temperature in the daytime and sending it plummeting at night.
Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games

plummeting = falling rapidly

I kept expecting one of them to snap and send me plummeting to my death.
Sherman Alexie -- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

plummeting = falling

Then the rotten old floor collapsed, and the boys plummeted into the basement.
Homer Hickam -- October Sky

plummeted = fell

He was not seen again; it is assumed he broke through a thin snow bridge and plummeted to his death at the bottom of one of the deep fissures.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

plummeted = fell

As 1945 begins, temperatures plummet further.
Heather Morris -- The Tattooist of Auschwitz

plummet = falls

Up in the sky, two more dactyls folded their wings, collapsing into small dark shapes that plummeted toward the ground.
Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park

plummeted = moved downward very quickly

Saved you, I'd think, holding their souls in midair as the rest of their being—their physical shells—plummeted to the earth.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief

plummeted = fell rapidly

Laila's heart plummeted.
Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns

plummeted = fell

Alyss Heart, holding tight to Hatter Madigan, plummeted toward the surface of the water below.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

plummeted = fell rapidly

The new uglies screamed in unison, scattering away from the flailing body plummeting toward them.
Scott Westerfeld -- Uglies

plummeting = falling

I looked up, saw the kite plummeting toward us.
Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner

plummeting = falling rapidly

Aria's stomach plummeted.
Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars

plummeted = fell

He pulled himself upward, pushed again—he was higher now than Lina had been—but suddenly his hands slid and he came plummeting down.
Jeanne DuPrau -- The City of Ember

plummeting = falling

"STOP!" he yelled, whacking the dashboard and the windshield, but they were still plummeting, the ground flying up toward them "WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE!"
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

plummeting = falling

The soap plummeted downward toward the truck, landing on the edge of the tarp, and sliding downward into the cargo bay just as the traffic light turned green.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code

plummeted = fell

Now he plummeted downward toward a roiling river and savage rocks; but a cloud came between him and the ground as he fell, and caught him, and carried him away.
Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game

plummeted = fell straight down

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