drown
Suffocate in liquid
To drown is to die by submersion in water, unable to breathe.
The verb works both ways: a person drowns, or water drowns them.
Figuratively, to drown is to be overwhelmed: drowning in debt, drowning in paperwork.
To drown out is to overpower with louder sound: The music drowned out our conversation.
To drown your sorrows is to drink alcohol to forget troubles.
Kill by blocking air
- breathlessLacking air, gasping
- gaspingBreathing in sharp gulps
- chokeObstruct breathing or airflow
- airlessHaving no atmosphere
lungs · breath · oxygen · suffocation · smother · inhale · struggle · submerged
Suppress or restrain
- muffleDeaden or suppress sound
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- overpowerDefeat by superior force
- maskFace-worn concealment
smother · obscure · deaden · quash · mute · dampen · squelch · hush
Plunge beneath liquid
- underwaterBelow the surface
- sinkBasin with drain
- immersionState of being submerged
- depthsLowest or innermost regions
submersion · surface · gasp · struggle · swimming · ocean · sea · lake
Take in fully
- swallowSend down the throat
- envelopSurround and cover fully
- immersePlunge into liquid entirely
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
submerge · overtake · overwhelm · overrun · bury · sweep away · deluge · cover
Overwhelm with excess
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- floodedCovered with water
- delugedOverwhelmed by abundance
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
bombarded · besieged · snowed under · bogged down · overcome · overpowered · buried · engulfed
One harmed by another
- rescueSave from harm
- lifeguardPaid swimming supervisor
- lifejacketBuoyant vest for water
- flotationAbility to stay afloat
CPR · tragedy · fatal · emergency · hazard · peril · safety · survival
State without hope
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
overwhelmed · depression · desolation · melancholy · woe · heartache · darkness · abyss
asphyxiate
Kill by blocking air
- breathlessLacking air, gasping
- gaspingBreathing in sharp gulps
- chokeObstruct breathing or airflow
airless · lungs · breath · oxygen · suffocation · smother · inhale · struggle · submerged · aspiration
stifle
Suppress or restrain
mask · smother · obscure · deaden · quash · mute · dampen · squelch · hush · extinguish
submerge
Plunge beneath liquid
- underwaterBelow the surface
- sinkBasin with drain
- immersionState of being submerged
depths · submersion · surface · gasp · struggle · swimming · ocean · sea · lake · river
consume
Take in fully
flood · submerge · overtake · overwhelm · overrun · bury · sweep away · deluge · cover · blanket
inundate
Overwhelm with excess
overloaded · bombarded · besieged · snowed under · bogged down · overcome · overpowered · buried · engulfed · saturated
victim
One harmed by another
- rescueSave from harm
- lifeguardPaid swimming supervisor
- lifejacketBuoyant vest for water
flotation · CPR · tragedy · fatal · emergency · hazard · peril · safety · survival · resuscitation
hopelessness
State without hope
misery · overwhelmed · depression · desolation · melancholy · woe · heartache · darkness · abyss · depths
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- asphyxiationsuffocation, suffocate, asphyxia, smother, smothering
- sea idiomsall at sea, dead in the water, smooth sailing, sink or swim, miss the boat
- overflowingoverflow, brimming, brimful, running over, spill
- bodily harmhurt, injure, wound, harm, injuries
- downward movementssink, dive, drop, fall, dip
- drowned outMade inaudible by noise
- drown outRender inaudible by volume
- drown one's sorrowsConsume alcohol to escape sadness
- drowning outObscuring by being louder
- drowning in workOverwhelmed by professional obligations
- drowning inOverwhelmed by excess
drowned, drowning, drowning out, drowns, drownings, drowner, drowners, drown out, drowned out