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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| submerge | x/ | Verb, Verb | 
| overwhelm | xx/ | Verb, Verb | 
| suffocate | /xx | Verb | 
| smother | /x | Verb | 
| sink | / | Noun | 
| bury | /x | Noun | 
| bathe | / | Verb | 
| swim | / | Noun | 
| wade | / | Name | 
| scream | / | Noun | 
| splashing | /x | Noun | 
| drench | / | Noun | 
| flood | / | Noun | 
| flee | / | Verb | 
| douse | / | Verb | 
| sorrows | /x | Noun | 
| capsize | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| starve | / | Verb | 
| perish | /x | Verb | 
| seep | / | Noun | 
| kill | / | Verb | 
| wallow | /x | Noun | 
| choking | /x | Verb | 
| muck | / | Noun | 
| engulf | x/ | Verb | 
| overpower | xx/x | Verb | 
| gurgle | /x | Noun | 
| escape | x/ | Noun | 
| pollute | x/ | Verb | 
| heave | / | Noun | 
| dive | / | Noun | 
| succumb | x/ | Verb | 
| evaporate | x/xx | Verb | 
| weep | / | Verb | 
| water | /x | Noun | 
| wash | / | Noun | 
| wail | / | Noun | 
| dying | /x | Verb | 
| wring | / | Verb | 
| strangle | /x | Verb | 
| threaten | /x | Verb | 
| swallow | /x | Noun | 
| lose | / | Verb | 
| devour | x/x | Verb | 
| contaminate | x/xx | Verb | 
| float | / | Noun | 
| bawl | / | Noun | 
| recede | x/ | Verb | 
| suffer | /x | Verb | 
| sicken | /x | Verb | 
| divert | x/ | Verb | 
| puddle | /x | Noun | 
| annihilate | x/xx | Verb | 
| vomit | /x | Noun | 
| pour | / | Verb | 
| soak | / | Verb | 
| ruin | /x | Noun | 
| drain | / | Noun | 
| doomed | / | Verb | 
| obliterate | x/xx | Verb | 
| ditch | / | Noun | 
| suck | / | Noun | 
| hurl | / | Verb | 
| despair | x/ | Noun | 
| puke | / | Noun | 
| frighten | /x | Verb | 
| deluged | /x | Verb | 
| plunged | / | Verb | 
| extinguish | x/x | Verb | 
| ocean | /x | Noun | 
| throw | / | Verb | 
| saturate | /xx | Verb | 
| descend | x/ | Verb | 
| overflowed | xx/ | Verb | 
| crawl | / | Noun | 
| trapped | / | Adjective | 
| dilute | x/ | Adjective | 
| ignore | x/ | Verb | 
| drown out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| submarine | /xx | Noun | 
| dunk | / | Noun | 
| draw | / | Verb | 
| sodden | /x | Adjective | 
| stifle | /x | Verb | 
| dissolve | x/ | Verb | 
| immerse | x/ | Verb | 
| droop | / | Noun | 
| drip | / | Noun | 
| drop | / | Noun | 
| dampen | /x | Verb | 
| bishop | /x | Noun | 
| absorb | x/ | Verb | 
| duck | / | Noun | 
| sink in | /x | Phrase, Verb | 
| baptize | x/ | Verb | 
| flow | / | Noun | 
| profound | x/ | Adjective | 
| throttle | /x | Noun | 
| lynch | / | Verb | 
| lusts | / | Noun | 
| quench | / | Verb | 
| bathtubs | /x | Noun | 
| sneaks | / | Verb | 
| scald | / | Verb | 
| kittens | /x | Noun | 
| construing | x/x | Verb | 
| wreathed | / | Verb | 
| whim | / | Noun | 
| shrieks | / | Noun | 
| ganges | /x | Name | 
| seine | / | Noun | 
| cares | / | Noun | 
| baby | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| bangs | / | Noun | 
| blooms | / | Noun | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| blushes | /x | Noun | 
| broods | / | Noun | 
| burrows | /x | Noun | 
| chrysanthemums | x/xx | Noun | 
| conceal | x/ | Verb | 
| continental | xx/x | Adjective, Name | 
| creeks | / | Noun | 
| dales | / | Noun | 
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| death | / | Noun | 
| drone | / | Noun, Verb | 
| hide | / | Verb, Noun | 
| holds | / | Verb | 
| mask | / | Noun, Verb | 
| middle | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| none | / | Noun, Adverb | 
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| pool | / | Noun, Verb | 
| put | / | Verb, Noun | 
| read | / | Verb, Noun | 
| save | / | Verb, Noun | 
| shed | / | Verb, Noun | 
| sir | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| somebody | /xx | Noun | 
| someone | /x | Noun | 
| sprung | / | Adjective | 
| walnut | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| want | / | Verb, Noun | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| pidgin | /x | Noun | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| aisle | / | Noun | 
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| butt | / | Noun, Verb | 
