to sink
77
2.5
- verb
- /sɪŋk/
- However, a small Swedish force sank most of their ships.
- sink a ship
- sink a vessel
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Watch on YouTubeOne person has to be that way to sink the entire ship.
- One person has to be that way to sink the entire ship.
- The dictators say they will sink the ships, Dunsterville says.
- This piece of crap is going to sink you and sink your career.
- One mistake won't sink the ship.
- No look, the guy said there was a fat storm and that's what sunk the God damn ship.
- So this kind of loose talk really sinks nations.
- They they burned down a few pirate townships, sunk a few pirate vessels and they came home.
- It's the small leaks that sink great ships or is it small strokes fell great oaks?
Examples
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We are here because a Japanese cargo ship sank in the Pacific.
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Minutes after the collision, the ship broke apart and sank, pulling many down with it.
Academic text (2013) -
But now watch what happens when we sink our boat that hasn't been treated.
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One mistake won't sink the ship.
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The rig itself burned and sank to the ocean floor two days later.
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This is a Japanese cannery ship... ...that was attacked and sunk near French Polynesia.
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That same day the liner Arabia was sunk by torpedoes off the Greek coast.
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When the ship foundered, he roped himself to the container and sank beneath the waves.
Academic text (2015) -
My notebook and my box lunch sank, and I lost all my pens and pencils.
Fiction book (1993) -
The heavy cargo caused the ship to sink quickly after hitting the iceberg.
Synonyms
23
3.9
To put something completely under water or another liquid
2
7.3
To put something under the surface of water
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
3
6.0
A way to say there are almost all things you can think of
- Informal
2
7.7
A warning that careless talk can cause trouble by revealing secrets
- Informal
1
7.7
Almost everything possible is present, even things you do not need
- Informal
1
8.2
To get stuck in a problem that keeps getting worse and is hard to leave
- Informal
1
9.2
To fail very quickly and completely with no chance to get better
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Informal
9
4.2
A very large number of things, often including items that are not needed
- Specialized
3
4.5
A metal part that takes heat away from electronic parts so they do not get too hot
How Damaging
∞
1.0
77
2.5
323
1.4
44
4.2
- Specialized
10
5.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sink comes from the Old English word sincan meaning 'to go down'. To sink a ship is to make it go 'down' under the water, so the verb keeps the idea of causing something to fall below the surface.