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drown

/dɹaʊn/
verb
  1. To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.

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

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

Synonymsflood, inundate

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