Perished
Sank and perished are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sank" instead a verb "Perished".
Nearby Words: perishing, perishable
Sank
Both words in one sentence
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Journalists, rushing to get a story out under deadline pressure, will report, based on preliminary information, that a ship sank, and 127 people, many of them elderly, perished.
Source: Creator / Dave Barry
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Sank and Perished. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/perished/sank
Perished & Sank. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/perished/sank>.
Sank or Perished. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/perished/sank.
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