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Drowning
/ˈdɹaʊnɪŋ/
To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
📖 Definitions of "Drowning"
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.
- 4
To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
noun
- 1
An instance of a person or animal drowning.
"It's dangerous to swim in that river — there were three drownings there last year."
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