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drowned

/dɹaʊnd/

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verb

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

Examples :

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

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verb

To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.

Examples :

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

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verb

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. "

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verb

To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.

Examples :

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

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verb

(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."

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adjective

That has died by drowning.

Examples :

"a drowned rat"

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