drown - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

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

Synonyms

• drown

More generic

• buy the farm
• cash in one's chips
• choke
• conk
• croak
• decease
• die
• drop dead
• exit
• expire
• give-up the ghost
• go
• kick the bucket
• pass
• pass away
• perish
• pop off
• snuff it

Verb

get rid of as if by submerging

Synonyms

• drown

More generic

• do away with
• eliminate
• extinguish
• get rid of

Verb

kill by submerging in water

Synonyms

• drown

More generic

• kill

Verb

cover completely or make imperceptible

Synonyms

• drown
• overwhelm
• submerge

More generic

• cover
• spread over

Also See

• drown out

Verb

be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation

Synonyms

• drown

More generic

• submerge
• submerse

Verb

be covered with or submerged in a liquid

Synonyms

• drown
• swim

More generic

• be

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