I must save the drowning child by all means.
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Drowning
//ˈdɹaʊnɪŋ//
Synonyms for "drowning" (25 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (12)
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2 entriesderived from
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1 entrieshas property
1 entrieshas subevent
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- إِغْرَاق noun (instance of being drowned)
- غَرَق noun (instance of drowning)
- غَرَق noun (instance of drowning)
Catalan
1 entries- ofegament noun (instance of drowning)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 溺水的 noun (instance of drowning)
Czech
2 entries- tonoucí noun (instance of drowning)
- utopení noun (instance of drowning)
Dutch
1 entries- verdrinking noun (instance of drowning)
Estonian
1 entries- uppumine noun (instance of drowning)
Finnish
3 entries- hukkuminen noun (instance of drowning)
- hukuttaminen noun (instance of being drowned)
- hukutus noun (instance of being drowned)
French
1 entries- noyade noun (instance of drowning)
German
1 entries- Ertrinken noun (instance of drowning)
Greek
2 entries- πνίξιμο noun (instance of drowning)
- πνιγμός noun (instance of drowning)
Hebrew
1 entries- טביעה noun (instance of drowning)
Hungarian
1 entries- fulladás noun (instance of drowning)
Italian
1 entries- annegamento noun (instance of drowning)
Macedonian
1 entries- давење noun (instance of drowning)
Polish
1 entries- utonięcie noun (instance of drowning)
Portuguese
1 entries- afogamento noun (instance of drowning)
Russian
1 entries- утопле́ние noun (instance of drowning)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- utapanje noun (instance of drowning)
Spanish
1 entries- ahogamiento noun (instance of drowning)
Swedish
1 entries- drukning noun (instance of drowning)
Welsh
2 entries- bawdd noun (instance of drowning)
- boddiad noun (instance of drowning)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Bill dived into the river to save the drowning child.
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The drowning man grasped at the rope.
Source: tatoeba (44929)
The boy narrowly escaped drowning.
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