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drown
verb drowned, drowning
- intr
1. To die by suffocation as a result of inhaling liquid, especially water, into the lungs.
2. To kill by suffocation in this way.
3. To apply an excessive amount of liquid to something; to soak or flood it.
- Thesaurus: sink, submerge, drench, immerse, flood, engulf.
- colloq
To become drunk in order to forget one's troubles.
Phrasal Verb: drown something out
- To suppress the effect of one sound with a louder one.
