drown
/drɑʊn/ v [I/T]Definition
› to die by being under water and unable to breathe, or to kill someone by causing this to happen: [I] He drowned in a boating accident. › to have or experience too much of something: [always + adv/prep] drowning in debt/sorrow
(Definition of drown v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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