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Verb
S:
(v)
submerge
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drown
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overwhelm
(cover completely or make imperceptible)
"I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
S:
(v)
drown
(get rid of as if by submerging)
"She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
S:
(v)
drown
(die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating)
"The child drowned in the lake"
S:
(v)
drown
(kill by submerging in water)
"He drowned the kittens"
S:
(v)
swim
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drown
(be covered with or submerged in a liquid)
"the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
S:
(v)
drown
(be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation)
"the divers saved the drowning child"