Usually means: Overwhelm sound with louder noise.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (drown out)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To cover, obscure, or overwhelm by being louder or more intense than.

Similar:
drown, overpower, bury, drench, swamp out, suffocate, outsmell, smother, obfuscate, overhale, more...

Opposite:
amplify, enhance, emphasize, highlight, accentuate

Phrases:
to drown out, more...

Adjectives:
limber, infest, overcut, prostrate, overwhelming, spring, cramp, exulcerate, strained, lean, quat

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Similar:
drown, overpower, bury, drench, swamp out, suffocate, outsmell, smother, obfuscate, overhale, more...

Opposite:
amplify, enhance, emphasize, highlight, accentuate

Phrases:
to drown out, more...

Adjectives:
limber, infest, overcut, prostrate, overwhelming, spring, cramp, exulcerate, strained, lean, quat



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