Vocabulary
Plunge
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
jump or dive quickly and energetically.
Urdu meaning
چھلانگ لگانا، گرنا، غوطہ لگانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Meanwhile, NFAs held by private banks plunge, falling from negative Rs353bn when the rollover happens to negative Rs741bn today.
- The implementation of the US-backed Israeli plan will not just plunge the Middle East into greater turmoil but it would also be a perfidy perpetrated on the Palestinians.
- Senator Irfan Siddiqui, for example, stated that `We will not resort to any such tactic that could plunge Khyber Pakhtunkhwa into a crisis.` That seems to be a very reasonable position to take.
- A simultaneous plunge in both shows far deeper chaos gripping world markets.
- Yet, this unprecedented `solar rush` poses a paradox: while the sun gives hope of energy independence, it also threatens to plunge the national grid into financial darkness.
Synonyms
jump, dive, hurl oneself, throw oneself, fling oneself, launch oneself, catapult oneself
Curator example
“our little daughters whooped as they plunged into the sea”
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