Collapse
Sinking
Sinking noun - A slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength).
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Collapse and sinking are semantically related in descent topic. Sometimes you can use "Collapse" instead the word "Sinking" as a noun or a verb or an adjective, if it concerns topics such as falling.
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The latter portion of the film contains several clips of people and things crashing and falling down, such as water skiers wiping out, the Hindenburg crashing and burning, the famous clip of the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse, planes crashing, and ships sinking.
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All of this, combined with the rapid collapse of The British Empire and the sinking of the UK's position internationally, created an impression that politics was all about managing decline.
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Eject the Loser: Sinking a ship causes it to collapse on itself and drop below the playfield in a comically-abrupt manner that resembles a Monty Python animated sequence.
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