verb
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To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
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to plunge the body into water
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To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
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to plunge a dagger into the breast; to plunge a nation into war
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To baptize by immersion.
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To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
example
he plunged into the river
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To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
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to plunge into debt; to plunge into controversy
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To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
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To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
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To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).
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To overwhelm, overpower.