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Answer for the clue "Came to grief ", 9 letters:
foundered

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vb. (en-past of: founder )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Founder \Found"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foundered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foundering .] [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to establish.] (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship. To fall; to ...

Usage examples of foundered.

Europe and America, however, deism eventually foundered and it did so because it fell between two stools.

I remember, the day before she foundered, he told me she was in latitude forty, and Easter Island bearing due north.