Synonyms
- besotted
- blasted [slang]
- blind
- blitzed [slang]
- blotto [slang]
- bombed
- boozy
- canned [slang]
- cockeyed
- crocked
- drunk
- drunken
- fried
- gassed
- hammered [slang]
- high
- impaired
- inebriate
- inebriated
- intoxicated
- juiced [slang]
- lit
- lit up
- loaded [slang]
- looped
- oiled [slang]
- pickled
- pie-eyed
- plastered
- potted [slang]
- ripped [slang]
- sloshed [slang]
- smashed [slang]
- sottish
- soused
- sozzled
- squiffed
- squiffy
- stewed
- stiff
- stinking [slang]
- stoned
- tiddly [chiefly British]
- tight
- tipsy
- wasted [slang]
- wet
- wiped out [slang]
Examples of tanked in a Sentence
He got tanked at the party.
we can count on those jerks getting tanked tonight after the game
Recent Examples on the Web
The stock then tanked, losing 21% of its value in a day and closing just below its initial offering price of $49.95.
—
Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024
Yes, there were plenty of injuries, but the guys who weren’t injured were more than capable of winning at least 95 wins and yet, completely tanked.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
Israel’s reputation, by contrast, tanked, as the war turned Gaza into a humanitarian catastrophe.
—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2024
Real estate values tanked, discouraging investment from landlords who suddenly struggled to find paying tenants.
—John Eligon, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Once tanked, everything will be waterproof in the basement from wall to ceiling level.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2023
In 2011, stocks tanked following news of the credit downgrade.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 2 Aug. 2023
These conditions have caused generations of Lowndes residents to move away, tanked property values in the area and hampered any kind of economic development in the area between Selma and Montgomery. 2.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024
Yes, there were plenty of injuries, but the guys who weren’t injured were more than capable of winning at least 95 wins and yet, completely tanked.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
Israel’s reputation, by contrast, tanked, as the war turned Gaza into a humanitarian catastrophe.
—Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2024
Real estate values tanked, discouraging investment from landlords who suddenly struggled to find paying tenants.
—John Eligon, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Once tanked, everything will be waterproof in the basement from wall to ceiling level.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2023
In 2011, stocks tanked following news of the credit downgrade.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 2 Aug. 2023
These conditions have caused generations of Lowndes residents to move away, tanked property values in the area and hampered any kind of economic development in the area between Selma and Montgomery. 2.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
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“Tanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tanked. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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