Thesaurus: drown

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1. v. i. To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
2. v. t. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.
3. v. t. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.
4. v. t. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound.
5. v. cover completely or make imperceptible
6. v. get rid of as if by submerging
7. v. die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
8. v. kill by submerging in water
9. v. be covered with or submerged in a liquid
10. v. be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation
11. To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water. Methought, what pain it was to drown. Shak. 1. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. "They drown the land." Dryden. 2. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid. 3. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound. Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. Sir J. Davies. My private voice is drowned amid the senate. Addison. To drown up, to swallow up. [Obs.] Holland.
12. To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.Methought, what pain it was to drown. Shak.