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Definition of: drown
(droun) v.t.
1. To kill by immersion and suffocation in water or other liquid.
2. To flood; deluge.
3. To overwhelm; overpower; extinguish.
—v.i. To die by immersion and suffocation in water or other liquid. [ME drūnen, drounen; origin uncertain]
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