Destroyed and Sunk

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Destroyed adjective - Spoiled or ruined or demolished.

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Sunk and destroyed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sunk" instead an adjective "Destroyed".

Nearby Words: destroy, destroyer, destroying

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

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Destroyed and sunk are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destroyed" instead an adjective "Sunk".

Ship Sinking: Several are destroyed and sunk in season 2 of the anime: episode 11 of season 2 does this for pretty much every girl except for one which Kyousuke says he cares for.

Source: Light Novel / Oreimo
One of the most notable examples of this happening was during the Battle off Samar, where three of these very cruisers were more or less destroyed/sunk when American 5-inch guns and torpedoes/bombs managed to score lucky hits on the torpedo tubes.

Source: Attack Its Weak Point aka: Weak Spot
Porter is not destroyed by a kamikaze attack, but instead fights off a massive kamikaze raid to protect Nagato, and is eventually sunk alongside Nagato during the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests.

Source: Fan Fic / Eternity

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