The definition of the word, that everyone is probably familiar with, strongly disagrees: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plummet https://www.merriam-

The definition of the word, that everyone is probably familiar with, strongly disagrees: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plummet https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plummet Plummet: 1. to fall perpendicularly 2. to drop sharply and abruptly Or, Google's scraped definition from Oxford dictionary: fall or drop straight down at high speed. If you google "satellite plummeting", you'll notice that almost all of the results also include "fireball", "burning up" and/or "reentry".