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Sunk   /səŋk/   Listen
Sunk

adjective
1.
Doomed to extinction.  Synonyms: done for, ruined, undone, washed-up.



Sink

verb
(past sank; past part. sunk, obs. sunken; pres. part. sinking)
1.
Fall or descend to a lower place or level.  Synonyms: drop, drop down.
2.
Cause to sink.
3.
Pass into a specified state or condition.  Synonyms: lapse, pass.
4.
Go under,.  Synonyms: go down, go under, settle.
5.
Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place.  Synonym: subside.  "She subsided into the chair"
6.
Appear to move downward.  Synonym: dip.  "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
7.
Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly.  Synonyms: fall off, slump.
8.
Fall or sink heavily.  Synonyms: slide down, slump.  "My spirits sank"
9.
Embed deeply.  Synonym: bury.  "He buried his head in her lap"



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"Sunk" Quotes from Famous Books



... get to the Polaris," replied Tom. "Then we'll hunt for the professor. If we don't find him, we're sunk. He's the ...
— The Space Pioneers • Carey Rockwell

... mean, Captain Bryce?" he thundered. "I mean that you have concealed in your sworn statement all reference to der fact that you collided with and sunk the ship Royal Age on der night before the wreck of ...
— The Wreck of the Titan - or, Futility • Morgan Robertson

... change in your Majesties' plans? Should Monsieur d'Angremont be induced to divulge their names they will inevitably be lost—their only hope is in immediate flight," says Adrienne, looking from the King, sunk in resigned silence, to the frantic, hapless Queen, and ...
— Calvert of Strathore • Carter Goodloe

... conflagrations, and simple overheating forty-four. The lime does no harm as long as it is merely in contact with wood, but if iron happens to be in juxtaposition with the two, it speedily becomes red-hot, and barges on the river have been sunk, by reason of their bolts and iron knees burning holes in their bottoms. Of the singular entry, "rat gnawing a gaspipe," the firemen state that it is common for rats to gnaw leaden service pipes, for ...
— Fires and Firemen • Anon.

... Brower the hypodermic case. He ran to the wash bowl for water. During the process of preparation he uttered little animal sounds under his breath. When the needle had sunk home he lay back in a chair ...
— The Killer • Stewart Edward White


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