plunge
verb (used with object)
to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge.
plunged
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past participleof plunge.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof plunge.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
plungeverb (used with object)to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge.
Example Sentences
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Instead it showed how the stock price of KKR, one of Blue Owl’s larger competitors, plunged 38% in 2015 as energy investments soured.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has vowed to take action against companies found responsible for fires in neighbouring Indonesia that have plunged the region into an air pollution crisis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The possible departure of UBS has plunged Switzerland into its latest existential crisis over how much it wants finance to define its economic identity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Last year, heating and power were cut for days on end as temperatures plunged to -20C.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Akira plunged into the iciest, coldest water she’d ever felt.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
