撃沈

Reading

Kana: げきちん

Romaji: gekichin

Definitions

noun

1

sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship)

vs

2

to sink a ship

Kanji

撃

Readings: ゲキ、 う.つ

Meanings: beat, attack, defeat, conquer

沈

Readings: チン、 ジン、 しず.む、 しず.める

Meanings: sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes