Collapsing
Sinking and collapsing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sinking" instead the word "Collapsing" as an adjective or a noun.
Sinking
Sinking noun - A slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength).
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Synonyms for Sinking
Collapsing and sinking are semantically related. You can use "Collapsing" instead the word "Sinking" as an adjective or a noun.
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Related pairs
- drop and collapsing
- drop and sinking
- subside and collapsing
- subside and sinking
- dying and collapsing
- dying and sinking
- exhausted and collapsing
- exhausted and sinking
- lowering and collapsing
- lowering and sinking
- descending and collapsing
- descending and sinking
- declining and collapsing
- declining and sinking
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At the end of Modern Warfare's first mission, "Crew Expendable", the Estonian freighter gets bombed by Russian MIG's and starts taking on water, forcing the player to run through the collapsing and sinking ship to the extraction chopper.
Source: Collapsing Lair -
Bruce Conner's 1958 experimental film A Movie includes the Hindenburg as part of an extended montage of cars crashing, planes crashing, ships sinking, and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsing.
Source: Useful Notes / The Hindenburg - Throughout the game, enemies continue to shoot at you, even when trapped in a burning building, a sinking ship, or a collapsing ancient city.
Source: Spiteful A.I.
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