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▸ verb: (transitive) To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
▸ verb: (transitive, figurative) To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
▸ verb: (transitive, figurative, usually passive voice) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.
▸ noun: A surname.
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submerge,
overwhelm,
drench,
fordrench,
drownproof,
suffocate,
stifle,
asphyxiate,
douse,
submerse,
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