drown
Verbs
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(v) cover completely or make imperceptible
- I was drowned in work
- The noise drowned out her speech
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(v) get rid of as if by submerging
- She drowned her trouble in alcohol
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(v) die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
- The child drowned in the lake
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(v) kill by submerging in water
- He drowned the kittens
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(v) be covered with or submerged in a liquid
- the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy