Die
Sink
Sink verb - To go to a lower level especially abruptly.
Usage example: I had just bought a bundle of shares of the stock when its price sank like a rock
Die is a synonym for sink in decline topic. Sometimes you can use "Die" instead a verb "Sink", if it concerns topics such as deteriorate.
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Both words in one sentence
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Tired to hear her shouting at such an ungodly hour, her husband threw her out, and she ran untill she reached a swamp where she planned to sink and die.
Source: Just For Fun / Anaprotestantism -
Tails and Eggman sink and die on touch, though.
Source: Quicksand Sucks - Give one a sink, a sunlamp, and a garden plot, and they're set until they die of old age (or become vampire plantsims, which can't take natural sunlight but do fine under a sunlamp).
Source: Game Breaker / Simulation
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