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Drowning

/ˈdɹaʊnɪŋ/

To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.

📖 Definitions of "Drowning"

verb
  1. 1

    To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.

  2. 2

    To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.

  3. 3

    To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.

  4. 4

    To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.

noun
  1. 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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