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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Manju	-	Indian, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu
Billy	['bili]
Baldric	BAWLD-rik	English (Archaic)
Lavinia	[lə'viniə]
Demyan	dyem-YAHN (Russian), deem-YAHN (Russian), dem-YAHN (Ukrainian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Aras	-	Lithuanian