Attack
Attack verb - To take sudden, violent action against.
Sink
Sink verb - To become worse or of less value.
How words are described
| high | high attack | high sink |
| full | full attack | full sink |
| regular | regular attack | regular sink |
| standard | standard attack | standard sink |
| Other adjectives: single, effective, powerful, actual, real, big, new, major, deadly, next, basic, said. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Now Chip calls her on her submarine Albacore on the radio, alerting her that Gadget is out to attack and sink Albacore with a self-made, air-dropped torpedo.
Source: Enemy Mine / Fan Works - Admiral Leighton launches a raid on a the Spanish harbor of Rosas, in order to attack and sink a squadron of damaged French warships while they attempted to make repairs in the Horatio Hornblower novel Flying Colours.
Source: Sitting Duck -
Passion and Lord Passion in MOTHER 3, being able to command Animate Inanimate Objects to attack the player, occasionally throw "everything but the kitchen sink" at the heroes.
Source: Kitchen Sink Included
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Sink and Attack. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/sink
Attack & Sink. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/sink>.
Sink or Attack. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/attack/sink.
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