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to cover with a flood
- whole villages drowned by the rampaging river
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2
to wet thoroughly with liquid
- drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry
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3
to make wet
- cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce
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“Drown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drown. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
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