to crater
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6.3
- verb
- /ˈkreɪtər/
- Informal
:
desplomarse
- And they basically cratered the stock on purpose.
- market cratered
- stocks cratered
- prices cratered
Examples
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And if you look at the stats, Bush was shedding hundreds of thousands of jobs and stocks were cratering.
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The only time they have come close to converging since then is when the U.S. market really cratered.
Academic text (1995) -
And I think the markets will crater if we run into any evidence that we cannot solve this problem.
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The economy will be okay until he gets what he wants, then it will crater.
Blog text (2) -
In the meantime if the press gets hold of this accident, our stock will crater.
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Then there are reports that the real estate market there is cratering.
Blog text (1) -
That first wave of foreclosures cratered the economy, which created job losses, which created the second wave.
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The stock cratered lower the following day, ending the Jan. 26 regular session down 11.3%.
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Yields on benchmark issues jumped dramatically today, and the 5-year and 10-year sectors cratered.
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After the announcement of poor earnings, the stock price cratered overnight.
Synonyms
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4.4
To fall suddenly in price or value
3
8.4
Start to fail after a time of success
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7.4
Start having serious problems that lead to failure
Antonyms
Compounds
A national park in Oregon with the deepest lake in the United States formed in a volcano crater
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Etymology
A helpful way to remember the verb crater ('to fall suddenly') is to imagine dropping into a deep bowl, because the old Greek krater meant a deep 'mixing bowl' and people use crater to say prices, sales, or reputations drop quickly into a hole.