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drowned

/dɹaʊnd/

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verb

Ertrinken

To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.

Examples :

"The little kitten accidentally fell into the pool and drowned. "

Das kleine Kätzchen fiel versehentlich in den Pool und ertrank.

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verb

Ertrinken, ertränkt werden

To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.

Examples :

"The careless child drowned the kitten by leaving it in the overflowing bathtub. "

Das unvorsichtige Kind ertränkte das Kätzchen, indem es es in der überlaufenden Badewanne ließ.

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verb

Ertrinken, untergehen

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

Examples :

"The small town was drowned by the floodwaters after the heavy rain. "

Die kleine Stadt wurde nach dem starken Regen von den Flutwassern überflutet.

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verb

Ertränken, versinken

To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.

Examples :

"The student felt drowned in homework after missing a week of school due to illness. "

Der Schüler fühlte sich nach einer Woche Schulabwesenheit wegen Krankheit in Hausaufgaben ertrunken.

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verb

Überfluten, ertränken

(usually passive) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.

Examples :

"The answers intelligence services seek are often drowned in the flood of information they can now gather."

Die Antworten, die Geheimdienste suchen, werden oft in der Informationsflut ertränkt, die sie jetzt sammeln können.

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adjective

Ertrunken

That has died by drowning.

Examples :

"a drowned rat"

eine ertrunkene Ratte

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