Plunge

"Plunge" in French

plongée

(The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge)

plonger

(to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse)

plonger

((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action)

plonger

((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself)

précipiter

((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action)

se plonger

((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself)

se plonger

((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition)

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