DROWN
/dɹaʊn/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 10
Definition
- verb cover completely or make imperceptible.
— synonyms: submerge, overwhelm
- verb get rid of as if by submerging.
- verb die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating.
- verb kill by submerging in water.
- verb be covered with or submerged in a liquid.
— synonyms: swim
- verb be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation.
Examples
- “The answers intelligence services seek are often drowned in the flood of information they can now gather.”
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