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adjective

as in flooded

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verb

past tense of drown
1
as in engulfed
to cover with a flood whole villages drowned by the rampaging river

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2
as in soaked
to wet thoroughly with liquid drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry

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3
as in wet
to make wet cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce

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Recent Examples of drowned
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His daughter's husband, who drank heavily, toppled off his boat and drowned. — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026 Parts of Orange County, still a vast agricultural Eden, were drowned. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 Mason Kearns drowned when the flooding wedged him into a storm drain. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 Nobody wanted to look at it or think about those five children being drowned in Andrea Yates’s bathtub. — Jaha Nailah Avery, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026 Experts say the campaign has been fragmented and incoherent, with policy questions such as how healthcare should be organized drowned out by the question of which parties will be able to put together a government. — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026 Victim identified Lake County authorities have identified the man who drowned in Lake Michigan over the Labor Day holiday. — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s attempts to strong-arm the bond market have been drowned out by the Iran war’s steady drumbeat, with oil back above $100 a barrel. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026 Most recently, a Georgia grandmother was charged with involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to children in the second degree on July 15 after her 2-year-old grandson drowned at an apartment complex pool, according to Fulton County jail records. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drowned
  1. flooded
  2. engulfed
  3. soaked
  4. wet
  5. submerged
  6. overwhelmed
  7. saturated
  8. washed
Adjective
  • Video posted on social media shows a car stuck in the flooded roadway.
    — Shane Hinton, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Video shows teams of workers yanking ropes to ferry locals who were stranded on an embankment flanked by a flooded river.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of flooded
Verb
  • The timing of her return surely coincides with the circumstances surrounding her near death and the grim mysteries that have engulfed the slow horses.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Milestones evoking 2007 tend to make investors squeamish, conjuring up unpleasant memories of the financial crisis that engulfed global markets in 2008.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of engulfed
Verb
  • The apricot and pine nut topping is a sun-soaked (but optional) delight.
    — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 10 Sep. 2026
  • But Hrgovic had soaked them all up and even sent a few back Itauma’s way.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of soaked
Verb
  • Crumble up and wet a small piece, then gently rub it over spots and stains.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Havenith said deliberately wetting clothing can provide evaporative cooling, including for older adults who may not sweat as effectively.
    — Aya Diab, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of wet
Adjective
  • The submarine can remain submerged and operate at considerable distances from its home port while carrying a larger strike arsenal.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • New Jersey State Police said the boat was near submerged pilings.
    — Vanessa Murdock, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of submerged
Verb
  • Christian McCaffrey became the fourth-fastest player in the Super Bowl era with 100 career touchdowns, Brock Purdy played a near-perfect game and the 49ers overwhelmed the Miami Dolphins 35-13 on Sunday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Then there is smell, dulled by our reliance on artificial fragrance; and sound, overwhelmed by notification pings.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of overwhelmed
Verb
  • Alabbar, who made his name with Downtown Dubai, was expanding abroad even before the US-Iran war as the UAE market became saturated.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Muhs attributed the dramatic rise to decades of underinvestment in roads but also the mid-April storms that saturated soil and caused the layers of roads to detach from each other.
    — Alison Dirr, jsonline.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of saturated
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  • Silhouettes were slouchy, and washed silk and cotton fabrics made the clothing feel fresh and easy to slip into.
    — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But the real difference lies in its fabric, a lightweight cotton poplin that’s been washed and peached to Ralph’s own exacting standards.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of washed

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“Drowned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drowned. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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