To plummet is to fall quickly and suddenly. When the stock market crashed, the prices of all the stocks fell very quickly.
The stock market plummeted after the president announced his new policy.
The stock market plummeted after the company announced that it was going to be closed.
verb
To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
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Japan tech stocks plummet.
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Through the century, the population plummeted.
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It retained the incorporation even as the population plummeted.
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They see the Warden's body plummet to the ground.
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Sales plummeted and brought the company to the verge of bankruptcy.
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The glamour stocks of the age saw their values plummet.
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The blood sugar plummets and surgery is scheduled to remove the tumor.
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The rickety staircase will collapse and you will plummet to your death.
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The voyage was long and arduous, and the morale of the crews began to plummet.
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She should plummet from the trees to either the glove or the lure.