plummet to earth

to fall rapidly to earth from a great height. The rocket plummeted to earth and exploded as it struck. As the plane plummeted to earth, all the people on the ground were screaming.

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I mete I am meting Shooting stars plummet to earth attracted

The Lady's Lament

Bobbo had described his rapid fiery plummet to earth, and how he thought of his wife and children as he looked death in the face.

Flash back; TALES FROM THE PAST

It ploughed through a wall on Castle Street on the north side crushing a car on its plummet to earth.

LET IT BLOW, LET IT BLOW, LET IT BLOW; GALES WREAK HAVOC ACROSS IRELAND; Thousands of homes left without electricity; Massive clearing-up operation gets under way

I prayed to the Gods of Chunky Burds not to let me fall out, get stuck or plummet to earth.

Our staycation turned into a bit of a scream

Russia''s space agency Roscosmos predicted that only between 20 and 30 fragments of the Phobos probe with a total weight of up to 440 pounds would survive the re-entry and plummet to Earth.

Russian Space Probe Crashes into Pacific Ocean

MOSCOW, Safar 21, 1433, Jan 15, 2012, SPA - Russia's space agency says its failed Mars moon probe will plummet to Earth within hours.

Russian Space Probe to Crash on Earth Within Hours

The breakthrough didn't come as perhaps it's supposed to, and I haven't done anything really grown up, like buying a Black and Decker Workmate or subscribing to the Economist, it was just that, after seeing yet another speculative pounds 20 note plummet to earth in the wake of a lumbering handicap steeplechaser, I realised I'd been punting for 38 years and I was still doing my conkers on a weekly basis while my three-year-old wandered round in rags and stole food from neighbours' dustbins.

Oh, do grow up and just follow my advice

The scene resembles one of those animated cartoons, when Tom or Sylvester chase a mouse off a cliff and only plummet to earth when they realise where they are.

Flying in the face of common sense; AGENDA

The building is 630ft tall and the pair will plummet to earth at 75 km per hour.

Adrenalin fix drives Amanda; What's behind the buzz that makes some people court danger? Gareth Bicknell reports

Then the skies will fill with the coloured smoke of the country's premier Royal Artillery Parachute Team The Black Knights who will free-fall from nearly 12000 ft, and plummet to earth at up to 130 mph.

Show bounces back to glory; CARMARTHEN: United Counties blockbuster sets out to razzle-dazzle visitors

Then the skies will fill with the coloured smoke of the country's premier Royal Artillery Parachute Team, The Black Knights, who will freefall from nearly 12,000ft, plummet to earth at up to 130mph and perform a range of `air-o-batic' stunts and canopy formations before landing with pinpoint accuracy.

Go-ZONE: IT'S FALL FOR FUN!; Agricultural show extravaganza returns

Newspapers in recent weeks have been acting like the cartoon coyote who has chased the roadrunner off the cliff and now realizes he is about to plummet to earth Given the state of this economy and this industry in particular, newspapers instead should be walking on air

Don't look down

One-sentence plot: Nuclear explosion in a secret underground government lab triggers radical shifts in weather patterns, making rain clouds freeze en masse and plummet to Earth, really wrecking everything.

BUILD YOUR OWN DISASTER; MAKE MILLIONS OF HOLLYWOOD DOLLARS BLOWING THINGS UP

The three will plummet to earth in aid of the Sarah Gaisford Fund, set up to help the former rider, who is rehabilitating in the spinal treatment centre at Salisbury Hospital.

Horse Racing: Intrepid trio in parachute jump for pal; Racing people Focus on those at the heart of the action

It will plummet to Earth at up to 15,200mph after being launched from the International Space Station in November.

Origami in orbit

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