drown

verbs

cover completely or make imperceptible
"I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
drown, overwhelm, submerge
see also
drown out
get rid of as if by submerging
"She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
drown
is a type of (narrower)
terminate, end, or take out
"Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of
die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
"The child drowned in the lake"
drown
is a type of (narrower)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
"She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it
kill by submerging in water
"He drowned the kittens"
drown
is a type of (narrower)
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
"This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
kill
be covered with or submerged in a liquid
"the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
drown, swim