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drown

verb

Meaning

  1. verbTo die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.

    Example: When I was a baby, I nearly drowned in the bathtub.

  2. verbTo kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.

    Example: The car thief fought with an officer and tried to drown a police dog before being shot while escaping.

  3. verbTo be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.

    Example: We are drowning in information but starving for wisdom.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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