drowning
Sinking beyond breath
Drowning is death by suffocation in water or other liquid.
The lungs fill with fluid, preventing oxygen from reaching the body.
Someone who is drowning struggles at the surface before going under.
Figuratively, to be drowning is to be overwhelmed: I'm drowning in paperwork.
She was drowning in debt.
Below the surface
- sinkingFalling through water
- submergedBelow water's surface
- immersionState of being submerged
- plungeSudden steep descent
sink · engulf · descent · water · depths · weighted · struggling · flailing
Total absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- suffocatingDepriving of air
struggle · powerlessness · sinking · engulfed · swamped · inundated · flooded · overwhelmed
Fatal lack of air
- hypoxiaInsufficient tissue oxygenation
- anoxiaAbsence of oxygen supply
- gaspingBreathing in sharp gulps
- breathlessLacking air, gasping
choking · cyanosis · apnea · aspiration · laryngospasm · hypoxemia · asphyxiate · smothering
Paid swimming supervisor
- CPREmergency revival technique
- resuscitationRestoring vital functions
- lifejacketBuoyant vest for water
- flotationAbility to stay afloat
buoyancy · coastguard · swimming · survival · emergency · recovery · lifesaver · rope
Severe overflow of water
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- tsunamiSeismic sea surge
surge · monsoon · swamping · engulfment · floodwaters · current · undertow · riptide
underwater
Below the surface
plunge · sink · engulf · descent · water · depths · weighted · struggling · flailing · thrashing
despair
Total absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- anguishIntense mental suffering
suffocating · struggle · powerlessness · sinking · engulfed · swamped · inundated · flooded · overwhelmed · consumed
suffocation
Fatal lack of air
breathless · choking · cyanosis · apnea · aspiration · laryngospasm · hypoxemia · asphyxiate · smothering · airlessness
lifeguard
Paid swimming supervisor
- CPREmergency revival technique
- resuscitationRestoring vital functions
- lifejacketBuoyant vest for water
flotation · buoyancy · coastguard · swimming · survival · emergency · recovery · lifesaver · rope · diver
deluge
Severe overflow of water
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- torrentViolent rushing flow
tsunami · surge · monsoon · swamping · engulfment · floodwaters · current · undertow · riptide · submerged
death
Cessation of life
accident · perish · lifeless · submersion · immersion · autopsy · coroner · posthumous · mortality · casualty
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
- mystery fictionwhodunit, whodunnit, sleuth, murder mystery, detective novel
- TitanicTitanic, RMS Titanic, iceberg, sinking, lifeboats
- beach safetylifeguard, rip current, warning flag, red flag, no swimming
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- fearsspiders, snakes, falling, heights, death
drowningfloating
Staying atop liquid
surviving · swimming · treading water · surfacing · breathing
drowningkeeping one's head above water
Maintaining minimal viability
coping · thriving · flourishing · managing · in control
- drowning outObscuring by being louder
- drowning in workOverwhelmed by professional obligations
- drowning inOverwhelmed by excess
- drowning victimOne killed by submersion
- drowning preventionStopping aquatic fatalities
- child drowningMinor perishing underwater