as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol
we can count on those jerks getting tanked tonight after the game
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as in flopped
to be unsuccessful
her intended comeback movie tanked at the box office, and once again she was relegated to TV guest spots
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Recent Examples of tanked
Matt Kamen,
Wired News,
29 May 2026
The protests began last week with economic grievances as the Iranian currency, the rial, tanked.
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Henry Austin,
NBC news,
7 Jan. 2026
CrowdStrike’s stock price predictably tanked after the July 19 outage disrupted various services across the nation, from flights to court dates to hospital appointments.
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Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
1 Aug. 2024
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
Bilas noted that a lot of NBA teams tanked this season in order to get a premier selection in the draft.
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Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Jackson fans accuse the documentary of being sensational and light on the facts, and as such, have tanked its score.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Ratings have tanked under his watch.
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Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
11 June 2026
Polls show consistently that the media’s approval rating has tanked to an all-time low.
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Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
Financial markets tanked following the release of the report, which was stronger than expected.
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Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
Moscow launched the onslaught against threats of heightened aggression, citing a wave of Ukrainian near-daily attacks on Russian oil assets that tanked fuel stocks and exacerbated economic woes.
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Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
Fallout from the scandal, compounded by the Labor Party’s stinging local election losses, has tanked Starmer’s poll numbers.
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Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Adjective
Because sales of home media almost completely tanked while streaming services were ascendant, many manufacturers of stand-alone players exited the market.
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Matt Kamen,
Wired News,
29 May 2026
The protests began last week with economic grievances as the Iranian currency, the rial, tanked.
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Henry Austin,
NBC news,
7 Jan. 2026
CrowdStrike’s stock price predictably tanked after the July 19 outage disrupted various services across the nation, from flights to court dates to hospital appointments.
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Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
1 Aug. 2024
Verb
Plenty of other problems tanked the Mets.
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Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
Bilas noted that a lot of NBA teams tanked this season in order to get a premier selection in the draft.
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Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Jackson fans accuse the documentary of being sensational and light on the facts, and as such, have tanked its score.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Ratings have tanked under his watch.
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Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
11 June 2026
Polls show consistently that the media’s approval rating has tanked to an all-time low.
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Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
Financial markets tanked following the release of the report, which was stronger than expected.
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Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
Moscow launched the onslaught against threats of heightened aggression, citing a wave of Ukrainian near-daily attacks on Russian oil assets that tanked fuel stocks and exacerbated economic woes.
—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
Fallout from the scandal, compounded by the Labor Party’s stinging local election losses, has tanked Starmer’s poll numbers.
—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tanked
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Jenny Racicot, who lives in Maine, told Politico that Platner entered her home in 2021 while drunk and assaulted her.
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As if Taylor Swift’s wedding and the nation’s 250th birthday weren’t reason enough to celebrate, Beyoncé is giving fans an excuse to be drunk in love.
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Anders Carlson bombed in 2023, then Brayden Narveson flopped at the start of 2024.
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The superhero movie flopped on opening weekend, with domestic ticket sales totaling approximately $38 million.
Adjective
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The pseudonymous title character, a depressed, drunken, belligerent twenty-six-year-old advice columnist, has no real hardships of his own and is cursed by doubt.
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On the personal side, Beth and Rip both attempt to connect with Carter in last week’s episode after his drunken acts in episode 7.
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Witnesses said ambulances and rescue workers rushed to the scene after the roof collapsed.
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Families of the people in both apartment buildings – and others that collapsed in the area – have uploaded videos to social media in the days after the earthquake, pleading for help.
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The dessert is made of McDonald's signature apple filling and a golden, fried crust.
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That’s why fried chicken, mozzarella sticks and onion rings consistently land on the avoid list for anyone managing high cholesterol.
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This was the case for Morocco’s opener, where Casemiro had eyes on two players at once while his team-mates failed to cut out the pass ahead of him.
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The stutter-step approach by Bruno Guimãraes on the penalty kick failed anyway and the game remained scoreless into the first hydration break.
Adjective
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This gives drivers more time to react and could potentially prevent up to 80% of non-impaired vehicle crashes in the US alone.
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Intense exercise on a sizzling day can lead to extreme fatigue, impaired performance, headache, irritability, nausea, dizziness, cramping and dehydration, all symptoms of exertional heat illness.
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The day could be sliced into identical pieces, the body trained to answer the bell, and the worker folded into a machine that only made sense when every human motion had been made useful to someone else.
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Fire shelters weigh around 6 pounds and are folded up inside several protective layers in a firefighter’s pack.
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“Tanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanked. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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