Ascend and Sunk

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Ascend verb - To move or extend upward.

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Sunk is an antonym for ascend.

Sunk adjective - Facing certain defeat, disaster, or death.

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Ascend is an antonym for sunk in topics: deteriorate, fall, fall in.

So, naturally, one's going to ascend to the heavens, never to be seen again (sort of), and the other's going to be put in a box and sunk to the bottom of the ocean.

Source: Too Happy to Live

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