Also means
to submerge
Usage Note
Hundir is used for physically sinking something (el barco se hundió) and figuratively for crushing or ruining (el escándalo hundió su carrera). The reflexive hundirse is especially common. The adjective hundido can mean physically sunken or emotionally devastated.
Examples
"La tormenta hundió el barco en minutos."
Natural Translation
The storm sank the ship in minutes.

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