沦陷 (lún xiàn) — (of a territory) to fall into enemy hands, to be occupied; (literary) to be submerged, to be flooded

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Examples

• 1941年，这座城市沦陷于敌军手中。
  1941 Nián, zhè zuò chéng shì lún xiàn yú dí jūn shǒu zhōng.
  In 1941, this city fell into enemy hands.
• 随着战事扩大，多个省份相继沦陷。
  Suí zhe zhàn shì kuò dà, duō gè shěng fèn xiāng jì lún xiàn.
  As the war expanded, multiple provinces fell one after another.
• 暴雨导致低洼地区沦陷于洪水之中。
  Bào yǔ dǎo zhì dī wā dì qū lún xiàn yú hóng shuǐ zhī zhōng.
  The heavy rain caused low-lying areas to be submerged in flood waters.