1
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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as in flooded
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Recent Examples of drowned
Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Oct. 2025
The most serious was in late 2022, when two of Ginger's tiger cubs drowned after falling into a partially frozen pond.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Baby-faced, diminutive, and drowned by the baggy shirts on his back, Mora is a child running rings around the pros.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
On July 29, while Mara, five of her children and her children's father were over at a friend’s backyard pool, her 2-year-old daughter Sunny drowned.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Suddenly the waters surged back and everyone drowned.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
The ghost of a Cloyd brother's daughter who fell from a horse and drowned in a stream is said to make her presence known.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Amber Smith and her husband, Granger Smith, lived every parent’s worst nightmare in 2019 when their 3-year-old son, River, drowned in the family’s backyard pool.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
The couple had three children, the eldest of whom — Rupert — drowned off the West African coast in 1986.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
The muted pequin peppers are drowned by musty garlic powder.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Oct. 2025
The most serious was in late 2022, when two of Ginger's tiger cubs drowned after falling into a partially frozen pond.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Baby-faced, diminutive, and drowned by the baggy shirts on his back, Mora is a child running rings around the pros.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
On July 29, while Mara, five of her children and her children's father were over at a friend’s backyard pool, her 2-year-old daughter Sunny drowned.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Suddenly the waters surged back and everyone drowned.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
The ghost of a Cloyd brother's daughter who fell from a horse and drowned in a stream is said to make her presence known.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Amber Smith and her husband, Granger Smith, lived every parent’s worst nightmare in 2019 when their 3-year-old son, River, drowned in the family’s backyard pool.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
The couple had three children, the eldest of whom — Rupert — drowned off the West African coast in 1986.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drowned
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Gulfport was severely battered by Hurricane Milton in 2024, with much of the historic waterfront area heavily flooded although luckily many businesses have reopened and are thriving.—
Ken Perrotte,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Since the post was shared to the platform, TikTok users have flooded the comments section to poke fun at the moment.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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His fiction, neither notably blood-soaked nor mythologically freighted, also differs starkly from the work of Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy, contemporaries who likewise were famously steeped in the West.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere, Kaufman heads into the water sans waterproofing, gray corduroy suit and gingham shirt soaked.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Here, Farrell’s deadpan becomes a vessel not of submerged romantic longing, but of a mixture of guilt, grief, indecision, and rage.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Until now, most expeditions have only allowed scientists to stay submerged for a few hours at a time.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Members of Congress wrote to NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Friday, asking him to provide a briefing by October 31 relating to the gambling scandal that engulfed the league earlier this week.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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Within seconds, intense flames engulfed the entire body of the electric minivan, leaving only a charred frame behind.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Nearly every market is saturated.—
Astha Bhardwaj,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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The colors are richly saturated, and when something catches Ryan’s eye—say, a bee alighting on a wildflower—the images shimmer with an almost radioactive intensity.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Place chopped leaves in a large wire bin and wet each layer.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2025
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But the comedy is absolutely something that wets my beak, I'm drawn to it.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Linen clothing that is not pre-washed or that is dried in high heat can shrink by 15 percent.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
21 Oct. 2025
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Pre-washed greens, like those in salad kits, aren’t immune to these issues.—
Danielle Zickl,
Health,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After giving birth to him, she’s overwhelmed by irreconcilably conflicting emotions—Javed is at once her own flesh, and an embodiment of his father’s actions.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Over the past few days, the mother of three was overwhelmed by the number of comments on her original post.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Drowned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drowned. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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