sink 'go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"' go under 'go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"' topple 'fall down, as if collapsing' tumble 'fall down, as if collapsing' settle 'go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"' go down 'go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"' submerge 'sink below the surface; go under or as if under water' submerse 'sink below the surface; go under or as if under water'
drop 'COD: fall vertically. ' descend 'FN: to move downward due to a physical force such as gravity' rise 'FN: to move in an upward direction' topple 'COD: overbalance and fall.' plummet 'COD: fall or drop straight down at high speed.' dip 'FN: to proceed downwards due to a physical force' fall 'COD: move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control' angle 'FN: to move at an angle (linear incline in comparison to some point)' slant 'FN: to lean in one direction' plunge 'COD: fall or move suddenly and uncontrollably. '
The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it
Examples from VerbNet
The clothes dried wrinkled. The clothes dried. Bill dried the clothes with a hairdryer. The hairdryer dried the clothes. The cotton clothes dried easily. Bill dried the clothes.
Examples from SemCor
When the Korean_war began, on June 25, 1950, the anniversary of the day Custer had gone_down fighting at the Little_Big_Horn and the day the regiment had assaulted the beachhead of Leyte during World_War_2,, the 7_th_Cavalry was not in the best fighting condition. We tumbled to a stop in Deacon_Gordon 's cow hole, a low-lying bit of pasture with a muddy pool of water in its middle. The smaller the particle the further it will travel downwind before settling out. Thunder crashed; barrels tumbled down the mountainsides, and bounced and bounced till their own fury split them open. To swim is true, and to sink is true. They got it over the side and clambered aboard only a_few minutes before their schooner went_under. Luckily, she was not completely aflame and would go_down before the gasoline could erupt. It speared up_into_the_air, then sinking back, the up jutting branch turned slowly. Stevie could feel himself toppling. Early equipment was very flimsy; the gusts of wind toppled poles, making communications impossible. We came_down off the wall as if he had toppled us, and we crouched behind it. For_example, the importance of the Regulus_2,, a very promising aerodynamic ship to surface missile designed to be launched by surfaced submarines, was greatly diminished by the successful acceleration of the much more advanced Polaris ballistic_missile launched by submerged submarines. The snow was tumbling down furiously now. By submerging the patient in a tub and rotating the transducer while the scanning goes_on, they have been able to get cross-section views of the neck, as shown in Fig. 7, as_well_as many other hitherto impossible insights. It appeared that most of the mixed liquor suspended solids were active microbial solids with the heavier, less active solids settling out. He rose late and went_down in his bathrobe and slippers to have breakfast either alone or with Rachel. The increase in oxygen uptake rates from 1.2 to 2.6 mg/ l/ hr which followed an increase in rotor speed was believed to be related to resuspension of solids which had settled at the lower rotor speeds. Men were slaughtered, tumbled into eternity like so many torn parcels flung down a portable chute. He smashed it in and tumbled into darkness. John_Bascom went_down early, too. Then last season the_Birds tumbled as low as 11- 18 on May 19 before recovering to make a race of it and total 86 victories. He went_down like a wet rag and the attackers hit_the_dirt in the face of the withering fire. The floc particles were all small as the heavier floc settled out. When it was my turn, I, too, printed the truth as I knew it about Batista, and rejoiced to see his regime topple. He gave it a strong push, heard it slide, then tumble dryly into the hole. It was pitiful to see the thin ranks of warriors, old and young, wheeling and twisting their ponies frantically from side to side only to be tumbled bleeding from their saddles by the relentless slam, slam of the cruelly efficient Hawkinses. The little Unsinkable sank almost immediately. He tumbled with Roberts, helpless and in agony, over_and_over, down the steps.