WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

run aground
    v 1: bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship" [syn:
         ground, strand, run aground]
    2: hit or reach the ground [syn: ground, run aground]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "run aground":
   be clobbered, be felled, be poleaxed, be staggered, be stricken,
   beach, cast away, come to grief, drown, founder, ground,
   have a mishap, pile up, shipwreck, sink, strand,
   suffer a misfortune, take the ground, wreck