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as in engulfed
to cover with a flood
whole villages drowned by the rampaging river
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as in soaked
to wet thoroughly with liquid
drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry
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as in wetted
to make wet
cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce
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Recent Examples of drowned
Amy Reichert, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
The noise has drowned out Africa’s challenges, which center on job creation and climate change.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The nepo baby whose arrival last summer was ripped across the NBA landscape has quietly risen above the criticism and gradually drowned out the noise.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The Hungarian Nazis would shoot one or two and then push the entire group into the river to let the current take them as the living drowned, attached to the dead.
—Gabra Zackman Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
The toddler reportedly drowned in a nearby lake while Nix, a former school principal in Hardee County, was asleep.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The deadly incident came not even a year before Nix's other grandchild, 16-month-old Ezra Schock, drowned while in Nix’s care after the grandmother fell asleep.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
In March, a 43-year-old visitor from California drowned while snorkeling on Kauai at unguarded Larsen’s Beach.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2025
Around 45 tourists drowned in the ocean each year in Hawaii between 2019 and 2023, and snorkeling was the number one contributor.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
The energy in this race came from ordinary voters, many of whom feel that their voices have been drowned out by corporate donations, union influence, and political machines.
—Amy Reichert, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
The noise has drowned out Africa’s challenges, which center on job creation and climate change.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The nepo baby whose arrival last summer was ripped across the NBA landscape has quietly risen above the criticism and gradually drowned out the noise.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The Hungarian Nazis would shoot one or two and then push the entire group into the river to let the current take them as the living drowned, attached to the dead.
—Gabra Zackman Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
The toddler reportedly drowned in a nearby lake while Nix, a former school principal in Hardee County, was asleep.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The deadly incident came not even a year before Nix's other grandchild, 16-month-old Ezra Schock, drowned while in Nix’s care after the grandmother fell asleep.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
In March, a 43-year-old visitor from California drowned while snorkeling on Kauai at unguarded Larsen’s Beach.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2025
Around 45 tourists drowned in the ocean each year in Hawaii between 2019 and 2023, and snorkeling was the number one contributor.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drowned
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Analytics and technology have flooded the sport.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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Their main food source vanished after decades of pollution flooded the Lagoon — and the species’ most important home on the East Coast turned into a graveyard.—
Bethany Barnes,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2025
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Sun-soaked and beautiful, the film takes place in Santa Barbara in 1979, where Dorothea (Annette Bening) is trying to raise her son (Lucas Jade Zumann) in an ever-changing world.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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More than an inch of rain over several days soaked the grounds making muddy hills slippery and dangerous, forcing most spectators onto the narrow walkways and creating huge, impassable (and in some places, scary) bottlenecks.—
Candace Oehler,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Rescue units responding to a submerged truck in a Venice, Florida, canal encountered two large alligators.—
Chris Anderson,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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What appears as waste may serve as witness—a sock, a spoon, a necklace drifting from a submerged compartment, each hinting at a life once lived.—
Siddhartha Mukherjee,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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When first responders arrived on the scene, both the plane and a vehicle were already fully engulfed in flames, which have since been extinguished, TMZ reported.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2025
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The runoff election marks yet another chapter in the country's struggle against a surge of violent crime that has engulfed cities in a country that was once a popular tourist destination and was left badly scarred by the pandemic.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Play at the lake, wet a line, wander through the woods or relax with your binoculars.—
Dalia Faheid,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 June 2025
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Gently wet their head, paws, belly and ears with cool (not cold) water.—
Angela Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Houston has athletic size, and that has overwhelmed the Clippers in previous matchups.—
Kelly Iko,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Fatherhood overwhelmed Wade at first.—
D. Watkins,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Southern California is about to get drenched by new storms this week.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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The Knott’s Boysenberry Festival once again brings more than 80 dishes to the park drizzled, dipped and drenched in the signature fruit that started it all more than 100 years ago.—
Brady MacDonald,
Orange County Register,
10 Mar. 2025
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Separately, norovirus outbreaks can also spring from food that was contaminated at the source and that’s often eaten raw, like shellfish harvested from virus-laden water or produce washed with it.—
Maggie O'Neill,
SELF,
6 Jan. 2025
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There was a lot of talk about Aaron Rodgers being washed.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Drowned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drowned. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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