affondare

Definitions of affondare
  1. verb
    thrust or throw into
    synonyms: immergere, immergersi, tuffare, tuffarsi
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    types:
    immergere, intingere
    immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
    inguainare
    plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh
    immergere, intingere
    dip into a liquid
    type of:
    addentrarsi, avanzare, infiltrarsi, inoltrarsi, penetrare
    pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
  2. verb
    go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
    synonyms: profondare
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    antonyms:
    galleggiare, nuotare
    be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
    galleggiare
    set afloat
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    types:
    liquidare
    sink down or precipitate
    inabissarsi, sprofondare
    sink below the surface
    sommergere
    sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
    type of:
    calare, discendere, fioccare, precipitare, ricadere, scendere
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
  3. verb
    cause to sink
    synonyms:
    profondare
    go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
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    type of:
    guarnire, muovere, spostare
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
  4. verb
    fall or sink heavily
    synonyms: avvallarsi, franare, incavarsi, infossarsi, scoscendersi
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    type of:
    cedere
    break down, literally or metaphorically
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