to sink
Solo un duro lavoro con le pompe l’aveva salvato dall’affondare.
Only hard work with the pumps had saved it from sinking.
Se avessi pensato solo a me stessa, ti avrei lasciato affondare!
If I had only thought of myself, I would have let you sink!
— Ratatouille (2007)
Cercare di affondare la mia barca.
Trying to sink my boat.
Pioveva così forte, come se dovesse affondare il mondo.
It was raining so hard, as if the world were about to sink.
— Dal cuore (1998)