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  • 21drown — 01. Two local men have [drowned] after the canoe they were in flipped over in high seas off the coast today. 02. My son loves ketchup, so he always [drowns] his French fries in the stuff. 03. The victim committed suicide by [drowning] himself in… …

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  • 22drown — [13] Drown is not found in texts until the end of the 13th century (when it began to replace the related drench in the sense ‘suffocate in water’) but an Old English verb *drūnian could well have existed. The earliest occurrences of the word are… …

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  • 23drown — /draʊn / (say drown) verb (i) 1. to be suffocated by immersion in water or other liquid. –verb (t) 2. to suffocate (a person, etc.) by immersion in water or other liquid. 3. to destroy; get rid of. 4. to flood; inundate. 5. to overwhelm as by a… …

  • 24drown — [13] Drown is not found in texts until the end of the 13th century (when it began to replace the related drench in the sense ‘suffocate in water’) but an Old English verb *drūnian could well have existed. The earliest occurrences of the word are… …

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  • 25drown — v. 1 tr. & intr. kill or be killed by submersion in liquid. 2 tr. submerge; flood; drench (drowned the fields in six feet of water). 3 tr. (often foll. by in) deaden (grief etc.) with drink (drowned his sorrows in drink). 4 tr. (often foll. by… …

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  • 26Drown (surname) — Drown is a surname which originated in Yorkshire, England. It is the Americanization of the Surname Drowne. Many branches of this family dropped the E during the late 18th century as a part of the American Spelling Reform movement, forming the… …

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  • 27Drown in Darkness — Compilation album by Paradise Lost Released May 25, 2009[1] Genre Death/doom metal …

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  • 28Drown (The Smashing Pumpkins song) — Drown Single by The Smashing Pumpkins from the album Singles Released June 30 …

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  • 29Drown (Blindspott song) — Drown Single by Blindspott from the album End the Silence Released 1 May 2006 Format …

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  • 30drown´ing|ly — drown «drown», intransitive verb. to die under water or other liquid because of lack of air to breathe: »The fisherman almost drowned when his boat overturned. –v.t. 1. to kill by keeping under water or other liquid: »The flood drowned all the… …

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