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tank trapped adj. Emboldened by drink to challenge immovable obstacles, particularly those designed to discourage armoured traffic. Mckaylin, tank trapped, attempted negotiations with the concrete barriers outside the pub. tank trucked adj. Slowed by drink to the measured pace of a heavy vehicle carrying an undisclosed liquid cargo. Onkar went tank trucked and required the full width of the pavement for one determined mile. tank ventilatored adj. Drunk and breathing as though operated by a negative-pressure apparatus of dubious clinical merit. Carrel was tank ventilatored, inhaling cautiously while the room continued its ordinary business. tank wagonned adj. Drunk to the point where the body appears chiefly concerned with transporting a considerable quantity of fluid. Sreyas went tank wagonned and took three minutes to negotiate the pub's narrow doorway. tank-destroyered adj. Drunk and advancing with the deliberate, cumbersome certainty of something built for difficult terrain. Rashele came tank-destroyered out of the pub, making the pavement seem strategically arranged. tank-sinkered adj. The state of being drunk and excavated from the night's accumulated bedding. Tamanika emerged tank-sinkered after Marylen cleared the duvet from the sofa. tank-slappered adj. Drunk by the third round, and violently changing direction whenever the journey home appears straightforward. Nikash was tank-slappered before pudding, turning left whenever the taxi rank came into view. tank-standed adj. Drunk since last orders, and confidently treating the nearest support as suitable for a much larger vessel. Larene, tank-standed, announced that the umbrella was structurally adequate for the rain. tank-topped adj. Still drunk, and proceeding home in a sleeveless garment despite the weather and several available coats. Jonine arrived tank-topped at the taxi rank, refusing a coat on grounds she could not explain. tank-wormed adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a minor internal disturbance from a medically significant inhabitant. Fabio, tank-wormed, announced that something small and historical was living in his stomach. tankaed adj. Drunk beyond the point where five lines can be delivered without inventing at least three additional morae. Cocoa went tankaed and recited a seventeen-line poem about the complimentary peanuts. tankaged adj. Drunk to a degree that the person appears stored rather than merely seated. Daana was tankaged in the corner, retaining the evening with considerable density. tankahed adj. Drunk in a way that imposes an elaborate verse structure upon otherwise ordinary remarks. Humairah became tankahed and arranged her request for crisps into five solemn lines. tankalled adj. Drunk, with the result that every round leaves a powdery deposit on the evening. Tyriese became tankalled by closing time, leaving the till and his sleeves faintly chalked. tankarded (/ˈtæŋkədd/) adj. Drunk to the extent of addressing every drinking vessel as a ceremonial object with a lid. Inika went tankarded and inspected the pub's glasses for suitable hinged covers. tankbustered adj. Drunk on the strength of which minor social obstacles appear to require military aviation. Ava-lee became tankbustered and proposed an air strike against the locked snack cupboard.