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drowned

/dɹaʊnd/

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verb

Noyer

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

Examples :

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

Le petit chat est tombé accidentellement dans la piscine et s'est noyé.

body disaster environment nature

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verb

Noyer, se noyer

To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.

Examples :

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

L'enfant insouciant a noyé le chaton en le laissant dans la baignoire débordante.

disaster action nature environment

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verb

Noyer, se noyer

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. "

La petite ville a été noyée par les eaux de crue après les fortes pluies.

disaster environment nature action condition

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verb

Noyer, submerger

To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.

Examples :

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

L'élève s'est senti submergé par les devoirs après avoir manqué une semaine d'école à cause de la maladie.

disaster environment nature ocean

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verb

Submerger, noyer

(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."

Les réponses que les services de renseignement recherchent sont souvent noyées dans le flot d'informations qu'ils peuvent désormais recueillir.

disaster environment

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adjective

Noyé

That has died by drowning.

Examples :

"a drowned rat"

un rat noyé

disaster environment ocean body nature human