Both Uses of
plummet
in
Throne of Glass
- Together they plummeted like a stone, down, down, down toward the rising ground.†
p. 154.5 *
- The ancient queen's hair glittered like a shooting star as she plummeted into Erilea.†
p. 364.0
Definitions:
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(1)
(plummet) fall or decrease suddenly
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
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.)