sombrer
French → English
(nautical) To sink: to go down below the surface of the water, specifically referring to a vessel that is lost at sea.
Le navire marchand a fini par sombrer suite à une voie d'eau irréparable causée par la tempête.
(English) The merchant ship finally sank following an irreparable leak caused by the storm.
Plusieurs transatlantiques ont sombré dans le port après le bombardement intensif de la cité.
(English) Several ocean liners sank in the harbor after the intensive bombing of the city.
(figurative) To lapse: to gradually fall into a negative or undesirable state, such as depression or obscurity.
Après l'échec de son entreprise, il a sombré dans une profonde mélancolie dont il a mis du temps à sortir.
(English) After his business failed, he lapsed into a deep melancholy from which he took a long time to emerge.
Sans réforme urgente, le pays risque de sombrer dans une anarchie totale et incontrôlable.
(English) Without urgent reform, the country risks lapsing into total and uncontrollable anarchy.
Entry ID: fr:en:sombrer · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary