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noun

plural of free-fall
as in slides

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free-falls

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verb

present tense third-person singular of free-fall
as in plunges

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free-falls
  1. slides
  2. plunges
  3. falls
  4. plummets
  5. skids
  6. precipitates
  7. spills
  8. crashes
Noun
  • Show off white sneakers, comfortable sandals, or cool slides with these pants.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
  • Finally, slides should support the speaker with rich media, and genuine practice, not rigid rehearsal, allows for spontaneity and authenticity, ultimately boosting personal and career visibility.
    — William Arruda, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of slides
Verb
  • Dexter grapples with killing her, but Rudy eventually can’t handle Dexter’s hesitance and takes the knife into his own hands—and nearly plunges it into Debra’s chest before Dexter stops him.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • In six parts, The American Revolution, directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, plunges us into the momentous war that led to the nation’s founding.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Definition of plunges
Noun
  • Accidental deaths, including drug overdoses, motor vehicle crashes and falls, were the causes of more than 197,440 deaths that same year, records show.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • But having an awareness of how to mitigate the impact of falls, and developing the mentality not to be scared of falling, can be crucial to making a deep run at the slipperiest Slam.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of falls
Verb
  • David Rubenstein, the son of a Baltimore postal worker, was frustrated in a Washington law firm when he was both inspired by a wildly successful leveraged buyout and unnerved by a book that claimed the odds of successfully starting a company plummets after 37.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • People run for safety as a drone, probably downed by Russian air defenses, plummets into a building in a sprawling marketplace.
    — Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Definition of plummets
Noun
  • If your vehicle skids, gently steer in the direction of the skid to regain control.
    — Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of skids
Verb
  • Again, an ammonium fluoride solution is one of the starting materials; the silicon dioxide simply precipitates out of this solution.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026
  • The hydrogen sulfide reacts with the iron content of the egg yolk, which precipitates into iron sulfide, a green-colored mineral.
    — Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of precipitates
Noun
  • Waterproof surfaces like quartz or marble handle spills and splashes without staining.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
  • Make sure to clean up spills and messes as soon as the oven cools down to prevent buildup.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Definition of spills
Verb
  • Security camera footage shared by a local rescue group, Ruam Jai Mukdahan Rescue Association, shows the monks walking in a single line on the side of a road before the truck crashes into them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Safety tips Rip currents form after a wave crashes on shore and encounters an obstacle in the beach's topography, including low spots in sand bars and around piers.
    — Ash-har Quraishi, CBS News, 1 July 2026
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