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Drown

/draʊn/
To die or cause to die under water due to lack of air.

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Examples:

Be careful not to drown in the deep water.Her voice was drowned out by the loud music.

Etymology:

etymology
The word drown comes from the Old English druncnian, meaning to be submerged or suffocate, which is derived from a Germanic base akin to drink.

Usage Statistics:

13 mentions per 1 million words Frequency
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