sinkings
Vessels going under
Sinkings is the plural of sinking, referring to instances of something going down beneath a surface or to a lower level.
Most often it describes ships or boats going under water: The sinkings of merchant vessels during the war disrupted supply lines.
It can also refer to the gradual subsidence of land or structures: Engineers documented the sinkings at several points along the coastline.
Destroyed vessels underwater
- wrecksDestroys completely
- vesselsCarriers or containers
- submarinesUnderwater naval vessels
- hullsProtective outer coverings
depths · maritime · disasters · drownings · salvage · debris · lifeboats · distress
Decreasing in strength
- fallingMoving downward freely
- plummetingFalling steeply and fast
- crashingColliding with force
- lossesThings subtracted from standing
markets · stocks · values · prices · investments · portfolios · currencies · downturns
Total absence of hope
- depressionProlonged low state
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- heavinessState of being weighty
- hopelessnessState without hope
gloom · melancholy · despondency · heartache · anguish · dejection · sadness · low
Reaching resolution or rest
- subsidenceGradual ground sinking
- collapsingFalling inward suddenly
- loweringMoving something downward
- descendingMoving downward
dropping · sagging · foundations · ground · soil · weight · gravity · compaction
shipwrecks
Destroyed vessels underwater
- wrecksDestroys completely
- vesselsCarriers or containers
- submarinesUnderwater naval vessels
hulls · depths · maritime · disasters · drownings · salvage · debris · lifeboats · distress · foundering
declining
Decreasing in strength
- fallingMoving downward freely
- plummetingFalling steeply and fast
- crashingColliding with force
losses · markets · stocks · values · prices · investments · portfolios · currencies · downturns · depreciation
despair
Total absence of hope
- depressionProlonged low state
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- heavinessState of being weighty
hopelessness · gloom · melancholy · despondency · heartache · anguish · dejection · sadness · low · spirits
settling
Reaching resolution or rest
- subsidenceGradual ground sinking
- collapsingFalling inward suddenly
- loweringMoving something downward
descending · dropping · sagging · foundations · ground · soil · weight · gravity · compaction · displacement
sinkingsrisings
Upward movements or revolts
surfacings · ascents · emergences · buoyancies · upraisings
sinkingssalvages
Recovers usable material
rescues · salvagings · recoveries · raisings · saving
- sinking feelingAnxious gut premonition
- sinking inGradually being understood
- sinking shipVessel filling with water
- Titanic sinkingOcean liner's fatal collision
- ship sinkingVessel descending below water
- sinking fundAccumulated debt repayment savings