drowned 1 of 2

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
Verb
Bernie almost drowned twice in his life, once with his life flashing before him. — Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Authorities on Monday identified a man who drowned over the weekend off the Carlsbad coast. — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2026 One of his earliest and most public successes was the restoration of John Jacob Astor IV, the ultra-wealthy Manhattan business magnate who drowned with the Titanic. — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026 Two officers — Colorado State Patrol Trooper Willis Hugh Purdy and off-duty Estes Park police officer Michael Owen Conley — drowned while helping others evacuate. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 27 July 2026 In neighboring Kings Canyon National Park, a San Mateo couple drowned at Roaring River Falls in May, according to Fox 2 San Francisco. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 July 2026 Broadly, Clancy’s case is similar to the infamous trial of Andrea Yates, the Texas mother who drowned her five children in their bathtub in 2001. — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 July 2026 So, in the end, commissioner Cathy Engelbert took the floor to hand over the MVP award, was drowned out in a wave of boos, and everyone left to get on with the rest of the season. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 26 July 2026 So far in 2026, 74 children in Florida have drowned, 55 of them younger than 4. — Karen Cohn, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drowned
  1. flooded
  2. engulfed
  3. soaked
  4. wet
  5. submerged
  6. overwhelmed
  7. saturated
  8. washed
Adjective
  • Such tensions, compounded by a flooded market, have led many hemp farmers to quit.
    — Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2026
  • Beyond the wildfires, throughout the trip, her counselor pointed out flooded rivers in Canada because of extreme heat melting snow runoff.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 26 July 2026
Definition of flooded
Verb
  • The resulting, room-sized artwork engulfed visitors in a swirling fantasia featuring bouncing balls, morphing nets and slow-motion action shots of Messi.
    — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 29 July 2026
  • Between July and August 2003, Western Europe was engulfed by its hottest summer since meteorological records began in 1540.
    — Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of engulfed
Verb
  • The researchers then soaked the material in glycerol—a syrupy compound that acts as a plasticizer, making the mycelium softer and more flexible without killing it.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
  • His shirt was soaked down below his collarbones, clingy and disgusting.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
Definition of soaked
Verb
  • Reduce irrigation to only once or twice a week to wet the soil to help control this problem.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026
  • Then add a second layer of sand, sweep it into place, and wet it down.
    — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2026
Definition of wet
Adjective
  • One employee watching over a T-Mobile charging station sat on a folding chair with his shoes half-submerged in a puddle.
    — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Dozens of people stuck in submerged vehicles throughout the region had to be rescued, and floodwaters initially cut off access to them in some areas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of submerged
Verb
  • Vivas, speaking to Cadena SER, said arrivals from across Morocco have overwhelmed the city’s social services and security apparatuses over the past few days, with more than 300 people per day.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 31 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Nathan is overwhelmed by the effort to reconcile his responsibilities as a father with his duties as a bosun and the expectations almost certainly put on him by the whole reality TV part of his life.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 28 July 2026
Definition of overwhelmed
Verb
  • Parts of the region are already saturated and increasingly vulnerable to additional flooding.
    — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
  • Human skin is composed primarily of ceramides, fatty acids and cholesterol, which are not classified as saturated.
    — Jenna Belhumeur, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of saturated
Verb
  • Colored denim has become an important complement to core denim assortments, and brands and consumers are gravitating toward effortless soft and sun-washed tones.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 29 July 2026
  • At sunset, freshly washed tourists and locals alike, arrive at the bar, for gin & tonic, Tusker beer or the hotel’s traditional Old Pal cocktail.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
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