"sink" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

sink verbo

sink + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 24
sink the cruise industry • sink several ships • sink one's teeth • sink several vessels • sink a putt • ...
(1) industry, mine
Kolokacji: 2
3. sink a submarine = zatop okręt podwodny sink a submarine
4. sink a destroyer = zatop niszczyciel sink a destroyer
5. sink several warships = zatop kilka okrętów wojennych sink several warships
6. sink several cruisers = zatop kilka łodzi motorowych z kabiną sink several cruisers
7. sink a freighter = zatop frachtowiec sink a freighter
8. sink several carriers = zniszcz kilku przewoźników sink several carriers
10. sink several U-boats = zatapiać kilka U-boats sink several U-boats
  • Although the Allies could protect their convoys in late 1941, they were not sinking many U-boats.
  • Stuart next commanded the Captain-class frigate Fitzroy, during which time he played a key role in sinking two U-boats.
  • After helping to escort many convoys and sinking two U-boats, she was decommissioned and sold in 1945.
  • In all, Upholder was credited with having sunk 97,000 tons of enemy shipping, in addition to three U-boats and one destroyer.
  • Walker's group succeeded in sinking at least three more U-boats during his tenure as commander of the 36th Group.
  • Walker's group sank two U-boats on the outward trip and a third on the return trip.
  • Coastal Command sank 27 U-boats in 1942 and damaged 18 more.
  • These squadrons escorted Allied convoys and sank 12 U-boats.
  • Mary B Mitchell claimed to have sunk two U-boats in the same day.
  • The escorts of ONS-5 had sunk five U-boats; Allied aircraft, one.
(4) root, feeling
Kolokacji: 2
(5) millions, ton
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + sink
Kolokacji: 9
begin to sink • cause to sink • begin sinking • start to sink • seem to sink • ...
sink + preposición
Kolokacji: 52
sink into • sink down • sink off • sink below • sink beneath • ...
sink + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 51
sink low • sink slowly • sunk deep • sink further • finally sink • ...

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