Synonyms for drown
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1. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   flood

2. drownverb

   To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish by such suffocation.

   Synonyms:
   flood

3. drownverb

   To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.

   Synonyms:
   flood

4. drownverb

   To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.

   Synonyms:
   flood

5. drownverb

   To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; said especially of sound; usually in the form to drown out

   Synonyms:
   flood

6. drownverb

   To lose, make hard to find or unnoticeable in an abundant mass

   The CIA gathers so much information that the actual answers it should seek are often drowned in the incessant flood of reports, recordings, satellite images etc.

   Synonyms:
   flood

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. drown

   Synonyms:
   sink, immerse, swamp, overwhelm, engulf, deluge, inundate, submerge

   Antonyms:
   dry, drain, expose, air, ventilate

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1. submerge, drown, overwhelmverb

   cover completely or make imperceptible

   "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"

   Synonyms:
   sweep over, overcome, flood out, submerge, overtake, inundate, overwhelm, deluge, overpower, overmaster, whelm, swim, submerse

2. drownverb

   get rid of as if by submerging

   "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"

   Synonyms:
   overwhelm, submerge, swim

3. drownverb

   die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating

   "The child drowned in the lake"

   Synonyms:
   overwhelm, submerge, swim

4. drownverb

   kill by submerging in water

   "He drowned the kittens"

   Synonyms:
   overwhelm, submerge, swim

5. swim, drownverb

   be covered with or submerged in a liquid

   "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"

   Synonyms:
   overwhelm, submerge, float, swim

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   • Die
   • Get Rid Of
   • Kill

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   kill by immersing

2. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   overflow, inundate, deluge, overwhelm, flood

3. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   overcome, overpower

4. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   be drowned

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1. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   overwhelm, submerge, flood, inundate, deluge

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1. List of paraphrases for "drown":

   walnut, drowns, drowned, drone, drowning, sank, submerge, sink

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How to use drown in a sentence?

1. Lori Apple:

   The loud voices of a few drown out the quiet voices of good, hard-working Americans who are not in favor of these kinds of measures. it makes sense to have a wall.

2. Anthony Cantrelle:

   They ain't just gonna sit there and drown.

3. Harold Trompetero:

   For a long time we'll need to adapt ourselves to new ways of doing things under these circumstances. If not, we will drown.

4. New York:

   Rosa did something that is absolutely, unbelievably heroic, she drove passengers through 3 to 4 feet of water. I watched that video. The water... was in the bus. People are literally standing on their seats to make sure that they did not drown inside a bus.

5. Eric Garcetti:

   CORONAVIRUS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW We outweigh the risks of our situation for other goals, health benefits of connection, and normal routine. It can make people vulnerable to suggestions to bend COVID-19 safety guidelines, she said. We initially may have been fearful, but as we start to gain control we become more confident to confront situations that may have scared us. As a result, as the pandemic continues, some of us have adjusted and started to underestimate the actual threat, ignore situational hazards, and dont take COVID-19 risks as seriously. Speaking to Fox News, Dr. Collin Reiff, a psychiatrist and clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health, likened caution fatigue to swimming in the ocean. People go swimming in the ocean, a potentially dangerous place, and dont take flotation devices with them. If you dont see anyone drown, you feel fine doing it, he said. But if we hear that 100,000 people died [while swimming in the ocean], and 180,000 could drown by October, you would see more people wearing a flotation device, he said, referringto a recent report that U.S. coronavirus deaths are projected to reach 180,000 by the beginning of October unless the majority of people start wearing face masks. Reiff also hypothesized that cognitive dissonance might play a part in those who find themselves having a more lax attitude toward recommended safety precautions. Experts still recommend safety precautions such as practicing social distancing, frequent hand washing and wearing a face covering while in public. (iStock) I think some of it is fatigue, but I think another part of it is that a lot of people havent been [as directly] impacted by the novel coronavirus, he said, noting that the virus had a more direct impact on those living in cities that were hit hard at the start of the pandemic, such as New York City and Philadelphia. CORONAVIRUS INFECTS 60 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS STUDENTS ON SPRING BREAK TRIP TO MEXICO It may not be so much fatigue but their experience with COVID [the precautions] are not convenient for me any longer.