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
Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 30 June 2021
Amazon Rushing home to sign for a package can be a chore, and nothing craters a day like having a delivery stolen from your doorstep.
—Brian Barrett, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2017
Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
The impact would have created a crater over 60 miles wide and almost certainly sent debris flying into the air.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
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Verb
The economy will plunge into recession, financial markets will crater, and the age of magic money will have been exposed as merely a fit of recklessness.
—Sebastian Mallaby, Foreign Affairs, 30 June 2021
Amazon Rushing home to sign for a package can be a chore, and nothing craters a day like having a delivery stolen from your doorstep.
—Brian Barrett, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2017
Noun
But images from Athena’s suite of cameras helped confirm that the mission ended prematurely, with the lander lying on its side inside a crater.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
The impact would have created a crater over 60 miles wide and almost certainly sent debris flying into the air.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crater
Verb
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Those mortgages were then bundled into complex financial products that collapsed when homeowners started defaulting on their loans.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN,
16 Mar. 2025
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Permafrost acts as nature’s foundation in the Arctic, providing structural stability for landscapes that would otherwise collapse.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Stocks had plunged on Monday morning, continuing three consecutive weeks of losses, with the technology-laden Nasdaq marking its worst day since September 2022 and the Dow shedding 890 points to close beneath its 200-moving average for the first time since late 2023.—
Kate Gibson,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2025
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Tesla Stock Price Drop: Why TSLA Crashed 50% Since December And The Impact On Investors Tesla stock has plunged by over 50% since December, a dramatic collapse that has stunned shareholders and analysts alike.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Much like the natural sea caves that inspired it, the building offers a dramatic sense of scale and intimacy, transforming the journey through the space into an experience that deepens the visitor’s connection with the environment.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Mar. 2025
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Unlike caves, which can stretch for miles underground, rock shelters are almost always modest in size and extent by comparison.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Kraven the Hunter — Sony Marvel’s box office flop starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Russell Crowe — arrives on Netflix this week.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Gaga played Harley Quinn in the DC movie, which flopped at the box office and was panned by critics.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Along with their burgers came chips, dipping cups of Whataburger’s specialty Fancy Ketchup and Spicy Ketchup, and a Whataburger chocolate chip cookie.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Hershey's Chocolate Salted Caramel Cheesecake Doughnut features an unglazed shell doughnut, filled with a caramel cheesecake cream, dipped in milk chocolate icing and topped with chocolate cookie crumb and a salted caramel swirl.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Scott spent two to four days in each location, experiencing some of the world’s most stunning underwater landscapes, like the caverns and blue holes in Gozo, Malta, and the tropical waters near Miami, Florida.—
Mariette Williams,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
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This is one of several misconceptions about nuclear energy: America’s nuclear waste is not buried in a mountain or tucked at the bottom of a deep, rocky cavern.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN,
25 Nov. 2024
Verb
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This term, Trump selected Kari Lake — who was the former, failed GOP gubernatorial and Senate candidate for Arizona, a fierce Trump loyalist, and former media professional herself — to run Voice of America and serve as a special adviser to USGM.—
Sean Collins,
Vox,
19 Mar. 2025
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Alas, the thick-headed goon that Vito sends to whack Frank in the lobby of his lux Manhattan apartment building (a swollen and unrecognizable Cosmo Jarvis as the aptly named Vincent Gigante) fails to follow through with a double-tap, and Frank survives with a scratch to the head.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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After this, oil production will fall, albeit slowly toward 2050, as decarbonization proceeds and more electric vehicles take to the roads.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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That's a turnabout from 2022, as developers took advantage of falling equipment costs and, at least in some areas, alternatives to lengthy grid-connection queues.—
Alan Neuhauser,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Crater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crater. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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