Drown

/dɹaʊn/

Synonyms for "drown" (110 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Verb(1 words)

asphyxiate baptizebe clobberedbe felledbe killedbe poleaxedbe staggeredbe strickenbottle upburke bury censor chokechoke offclamp down oncome to griefcorkcork upcrack down oncrush

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damp

Strong matches (33)

damp downdeluge dip douse drench duck dunk engulf extinguish famish float floodflow onfounder gag garrotehave a mishaphold downimmerge immerse

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inundatejump onkeep downkeep underkillknock overmerge

Verb(6 words)

deluge die engulf flood inundate mask

Related words (55)

muzzle od overcome overflow overpower overwhelmplunge in waterpour onpour water onprostrateput downquash quell quench rain repressrun agroundshut downshut down onsilence

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sinksit down onsit onsluice smash smother soak sop souse splash squash squelch stanch starve stiflestop the breathstrangle stultify subdue submerge submersesuffer a misfortunesuffocate suppress swamp swoon throttle wet whelm

Verb(6 words)

overpower perish silence submerge suffocate swim

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More general

33 entries

bebuy the farmcash in one's chipschoke conk cover croak death decease diedo away withdrop deadeliminate exist exit expire

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More specific

7 entries

accidental drowningchild drowningdrown in debtdrown in paperworkdrown in sorrowdrown out crowd noisedrown out music

Collocations

6 entries

drown in debtdrown in paperworkdrown in sorrowdrown one's sorrowsdrown out musicdrown out noise

Inflections

3 entries

drowned drowning drowns

Derivations

3 entries

drowner drowning drownings

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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I might as well drown as starve.

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Let the rain drown out your sorrow.

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I have to wear earplugs to drown out all the noise from the construction site next door.

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You won't drown if you learn how to swim.

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