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  • past participle of sink.
  • past tense form of sink.
Definitions

sunk

[suhngk] / sʌŋk /








ADJECTIVE
drowned
Synonyms






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If anything happens to sideline Ohtani the hitter, the Dodgers are sunk, period.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

The war also claimed his older brother Leslie, who had been a telegraphist on HMS Penelope and died when she was sunk off the Italian coast near Naples in February 1944.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Two 80-metre barges are also being stationed at Paks that could be sunk to raise the water level.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

In 1916, the Canadian ship SS Mount Temple was sunk by a German ship.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

On the walk home from Francis’s—head down, sunk in a black, inarticulate tangle of anxiety and gloom—I heard Julian’s voice saying my name.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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