1
as in to collapse
to be unsuccessful
a time when businesses were cratering left and right
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2
as in to plunge
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
the stock price cratered when the company filed for Chapter 11
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as in cave
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Recent Examples of crater
Dan Alexander, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
Think back to 2020, many pundits were saying that if Democrat Joe Biden won, the market would crater.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2024
Courtney Di Vittorio, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2025
At first, the impact would create a powerful crater and cause material to spray up into the air near the strike site.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Selling roughly 60% of the social media company all at once, or even in decent-sized chunks, could crater the share price—and leave him with less.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
Think back to 2020, many pundits were saying that if Democrat Joe Biden won, the market would crater.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2024
Noun
One famous example is Crater Lake in Oregon, which lies in a volcanic crater and is fed by rain and snow, without any streams to carry sediment into it.
—Courtney Di Vittorio, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2025
At first, the impact would create a powerful crater and cause material to spray up into the air near the strike site.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crater
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In 2021, more than 200 people died after part of a glacier collapsed in Uttarakhand, carrying a deadly mixture of ice, rock and water that tore through a mountain gorge and crashed through a dam.—
Kathleen Magramo and Esha Mitra,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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But three days later, the Chillicothe, Ohio, girl collapsed while using the bathroom at 4 am.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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In the gripping series, Mullen faces a complex but all-too-realistic cyberattack that plunges the world into chaos.—
Ally Neagen,
Glamour,
27 Feb. 2025
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In fact, Russia appears to be pushing Iran toward diplomacy for fear of losing a key partner to a potential wider war that would plunge the region into even deeper chaos and further hamper Russian interests.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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This rapid adaptability shows just how efficient life in the cave has become at exploiting chemical resources.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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There are forests, bluffs, meadows, lakes and caves.—
Adam Tamburin,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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Related Articles Big Oakland hotel flops into loan default as local lodging woes widen Iconic San Jose hotel open as renovations get underway Berkeley losing money due to poor lease management practices, audit finds Decades later, the mountain remains vulnerable to development pressures.—
Ryan Macasero,
The Mercury News,
13 Feb. 2025
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If Hicks flops in the spring and is offered back to the Tigers — and if Ramirez begins the season at Triple A — then the Marlins will need to claim a veteran backup because Jhonny Pereda was traded to the Athletics last Friday.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
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The kid-friendly film, which dipped 40% from the weekend prior, has amassed $78.7 million domestically and $104 million globally.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2025
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At the same time, recently released federal data shows that fourth and eighth graders' literacy skills haven't recovered since before the COVID-19 pandemic and dipped once again on the U.S. Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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Take a dip in the pool beneath the shade of leafy trees and enjoy a wine tasting in the cavern with meats and cheeses from nearby farms.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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Also cool: the park is home to one of the world’s rarest fish, the Devils Hole pupfish, an endangered species found only in a water cavern in Devils Hole here.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But any argument that new apps are not required now fails.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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According to the January 29 data, cases of illness were reported in California, Illinois, Massachusetts,, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, In a break from its usual conduct, the CDC has failed to update its tracking webpages to include either outbreak.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
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Although platforms can rise and fall faster than the tiny-eyeglasses fashion trend, the principles of good marketing stand the test of time.—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The Shrek franchise launched with the Oscar-winning 2001 feature that centered on an ogre named Shrek, who falls for Fiona, the princess of Far Far Away who has been cursed, trapped in the body of an ogre.—
Aaron Couch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Crater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crater. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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