Meaning & use
Cratering
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Forming craters or pits on a surface; figuratively, falling or collapsing sharply and suddenly.
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The meteor shower left the moon's surface cratering with fresh impacts.
The company's stock kept cratering after the disappointing earnings report.
A note on using this word
The figurative financial sense, describing a sharp sudden decline, became common in business journalism in the late 20th century.
Words with a similar meaning
plummetingcollapsing
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soaringrising
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