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  Plunge \Plunge\, v. i.
     1. To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to
        submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he
        plunged into the river. Also used figuratively; as, to
        plunge into debt.
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              Forced to plunge naked in the raging sea. --Dryden.
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              To plunge into guilt of a murther.    --Tillotson.
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     2. To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently
        forward, as a horse does.
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              Some wild colt, which . . . flings and plunges.
                                                    --Bp. Hall.
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     3. To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or
        other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in
        hazardous speculations. [Cant]
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     Plunging fire (Gun.), firing directed upon an enemy from an
        elevated position.
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  Plunge \Plunge\, v. i.
     1. To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to
        submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he
        plunged into the river. Also used figuratively; as, to
        plunge into debt.
  
              Forced to plunge naked in the raging sea. --Dryden.
  
              To plunge into guilt of a murther.    --Tillotson.
  
     2. To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently
        forward, as a horse does.
  
              Some wild colt, which . . . flings and plunges.
                                                    --Bp. Hall.
  
     3. To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or
        other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in
        hazardous speculations. [Cant]
  
     Plunging fire (Gun.), firing directed upon an enemy from an
        elevated position.

  plunging fire /plˈʌndʒɪŋ fˈaɪə/
  Steilbeschuss , Steilfeuer 
   see: fire, interdiction fire, grazing fire, sustained fire, preparation fire, distributed fire, flak, aerial barrage, magazine fire, mortar fire, mortaring, rocket fire, running fire, harassing fire, concentrated fire, light fire, sporadic fire, radar fire, cease fire, Fire at will!, friendly fire, direct fire, direct fire, indirect fire