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plunged

The correct spelling is plunged.

How to pronounce plunged

verb

IPA: /plʌndʒd/

Say it like: Plu-nje-d

The correct spelling is plunged. To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse. For example: "to plunge the body into water"

Usage Examples

to plunge the body into water

to plunge a dagger into the breast;   to plunge a nation into war

he plunged into the river

Definition

verb

  1. 1.To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
  2. 2.To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
  3. 3.To baptize by immersion.
  4. 4.To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
  5. 5.To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.

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