Drown
1. To be suffocated in water or other fluids; to perish by such suffocation.
The victim had drowned in 13 feet of water.
2. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other fluids. He drowned the cat
in a bucket of water.
3. To deaden one's awareness of; to blot out. Some drown out their troubles
with drink.
4. To muffle or mask (a sound) by a louder sound. He screams were drown out by
the passing train.
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