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Synonyms for drown
draʊn
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Princeton's WordNet
submerge, drown, overwhelm(verb)
cover completely or make imperceptible
"I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
Synonyms:
sweep over, overcome, flood out, submerge, overtake, inundate, overwhelm, deluge, overpower, overmaster, whelm, swim, submersedrown(verb)
get rid of as if by submerging
"She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
drown(verb)
die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
"The child drowned in the lake"
drown(verb)
kill by submerging in water
"He drowned the kittens"
swim, drown(verb)
be covered with or submerged in a liquid
"the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
Wiktionary
drown(verb)
To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish by such suffocation.Synonyms:
flooddrown(verb)
To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.Synonyms:
flooddrown(verb)
To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.Synonyms:
flooddrown(verb)
To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; \uE000127932 said especially of sound; usually in the form to drown outSynonyms:
flooddrown(verb)
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flooddrown(verb)
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flood
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
drown(v. a.)
Synonyms:
kill by immersingdrown(v. a.)
drown(v. a.)
drown(v. n.)
Synonyms:
be drowned
Translations for drown
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- غرقArabic
- давя, потапям, заглушавам, давя се, удавям се, заливамBulgarian
- ofegar, submergirCatalan, Valencian
- přehlušit, utopit, potopitCzech
- ertrinken, überwältigen, ertränkenGerman
- πνίγομαι, πνίγωGreek
- droniEsperanto
- ahogarse, ahogarSpanish
- hukkua, hukuttaa, upottaa, hukuttautua, peittääFinnish
- noyerFrench
- bàthScottish Gaelic
- טבעHebrew
- fulladHungarian
- կործանելArmenian
- affogare, sommergere, annegare, coprireItalian
- 水死, 溺らす, 溺死, 溺れる, 圧倒Japanese
- 물에 뼈져 죽다Korean
- skęsti, grimztiLithuanian
- slīktLatvian
- verzuipen, verdrinken, overspoelen, overweldigenDutch
- tonąć, utopićPolish
- afogar-sePortuguese
- înecaRomanian
- тонуть, утонуть, топить, утопить, заглушать, потонуть, затоплять, затопить, заглушитьRussian
- dränka, drunknaSwedish
- 淹Chinese
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