plummet
/ˈplʌm.ət/
Dictionary
noun
- A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water, a plumb bob or a plumb line
- Hence, any weight
- A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines)
- A plummet line, a line with a plummet; a sounding line
- Violent or dramatic fall
- A decline; a fall; a drop
verb
- To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
"After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth."
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