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sinking

sinking <a sinking; sinkings> N

sinking
sinking
sinking
sinking GEOL
sinking GEOL
sinking GEOL
sinking ASTRON
sinking ASTRON
sinking ASTRON
sinking ASTRON
sinking GEOL
sinking ASTRON
sinking ASTRON
sinking (relations)
sinking (relations)
sinking (relations)

sinking

sinking ELEC
sinking ELEC

sinking N

sinking
sinking

shaft sinking MIN

sinking engine ELEC

sinking fund N

sinking fund

sinking head INDUST

sinking speed AVIAT

sinking fund account ECON

sink N (mechanical engineering)

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Despite the ships rapid sinking and time underwater she is nonetheless remarkably intact.
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However, the ship was not sinking and was still seaworthy.
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Offensive mines are placed in enemy waters, outside harbours and across important shipping routes with the aim of sinking both merchant and military vessels.
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The artillery then had to be placed on board-and-bag platforms to avoid their loss by sinking into the morass.
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Each morning, she leaves for work, sinking deeper and deeper into suffocating routine.
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The implication is that rising air in the atmosphere must be balanced by equal sinking or subsiding air.
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These measures are intended to prevent masonry being damaged during earthquakes or sinking into sodden ground.
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Sound: the thunk of meat hooks sinking into rotting blubber.
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It boasted a free-standing claw-foot bath as well as a rooftop terrace complete with hammock and swing seat -- perfect for sinking into a good book.
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The uplift seems to have been part of a regular cycle of megathrusts followed by gradual sinking.
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