Dead and Sunk

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Dead

Dead adjective - Facing certain defeat, disaster, or death.
Usage example: if we don't finish this project on time, we're dead
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Sunk and dead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sunk" instead an adjective "Dead".
Nearby Word: deadly

Sunk

Sunk adjective - Facing certain defeat, disaster, or death.
Usage example: all our savings went for lottery tickets, and now we're sunk
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Dead and sunk are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dead" instead an adjective "Sunk".

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  • Ship Sinking The rival Fan Dumbs fell for it every time, going both sides through a cycle of gloating and trolling the supposedly dead/sunk ship, only to retreat and grumble about "endgame" when their own ship was pushed aside.
    Source: Ship Sinking
  • Sylvia was in the dock for having shot Roger Kimball to avenge her dead husband, who was aboard a ship Kimball had sunk after the First Great War had ended.
    Source: Literature / Timeline-191
  • Dead troops are a sunk cost, but many nations across history have continued on losing military campaigns because their leadership could not face up to having wasted troops.
    Source: Sunk Cost Fallacy
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