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as in engulfs
to cover with a flood
whole villages drowned by the rampaging river
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as in soaks
to wet thoroughly with liquid
drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry
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as in wets
to make wet
cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce
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Recent Examples of drowns
About once a year, someone drowns.
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Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
On the same day that Ebun’s beloved cousin Monife drowns, Ebun gives birth to her daughter, Eniiyi.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
The active noise cancelling drowns out chatter, traffic, and every background distraction you’d rather not hear.
—PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
The line in Swift's song and The Life of a Showgirl's cover art appears to be inspired by a Victorian-era painting that depicts the scene in Hamlet when Ophelia goes crazy and falls into a stream and drowns after learning Hamlet killed her father.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
If someone truly disrupts — won’t stop, drowns out others — escort them out and move on.
—Eric Preven, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Otherwise, the urgent always drowns out the important.
—Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Plants will slowly die with yellowing foliage as water builds up in the container and drowns the roots.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
On the same day that Ebun’s beloved cousin Monife drowns, Ebun gives birth to her daughter, Eniiyi.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
The active noise cancelling drowns out chatter, traffic, and every background distraction you’d rather not hear.
—PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
The line in Swift's song and The Life of a Showgirl's cover art appears to be inspired by a Victorian-era painting that depicts the scene in Hamlet when Ophelia goes crazy and falls into a stream and drowns after learning Hamlet killed her father.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
If someone truly disrupts — won’t stop, drowns out others — escort them out and move on.
—Eric Preven, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Otherwise, the urgent always drowns out the important.
—Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Plants will slowly die with yellowing foliage as water builds up in the container and drowns the roots.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drowns
Verb
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That natural setting soaks into the music.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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The fields, the pints and the football largely look the same in both Iowa and Wisconsin, and the beer soaks the palate of life along the Driftless beer highway.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
10 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
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Watering from above also wets the foliage, which can lead to fungal diseases or powdery mildew on a mum's leaves.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
21 Sep. 2025
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Shauna Bell, who lives along Van Buren, said the nearby stormwater drain is constantly clogged from highway debris, which floods her yard.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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What To Know One of the most dangerous threats for Southern California will be the risk of debris flow as the rain floods recent burn scars, including the Eaton Scar and Bridge Scar.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The result is a geomagnetic storm that amplifies the ionospheric and radio disruptions caused by flares and saturates the radiation belts surrounding Earth to such an extent that new belts can suddenly form.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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The deal marks the latest major investment by AT&T to accelerate its fiber and 5G network build-out as the wireless market saturates and internet usage surges.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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To start with a wedding, then wait ’til later to figure out the details of who washes the dishes and whether the toilet seat stays down, sounds backwards but is certainly better than hostage-taking and war without an achievable end.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
26 Oct. 2025
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Its Ozmo roller mop washes itself with hot water and dries with heated air.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Over such spans, change overwhelms continuity; too much simply disappears.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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This figure motivates Butrich but also overwhelms her.—
Sabrina Weiss,
The Dial,
23 Sep. 2025
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One of Johnson’s timeliest essays, though, is about Alien, Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror about an extraterrestrial creature that forcibly impregnates a member of a commercial hauling ship, killing him when the alien fetus bursts out of his abdomen.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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The phenomenon, which happens when Pacific Ocean waters off South America are cooler than normal, has been thought to signal a drier season, but experts say the impact in Northern California is less severe — and maybe even inconsequential — compared to southern parts of the state.—
Adrian Rodriguez,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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It’s currently caught in a pocket of wind shear that’s helping to balance out the storm-fueling effects of the warmer-than-average waters its crossing.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Drowns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drowns. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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