drown

Verb

• be covered with or submerged in a liquid
  • the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy
    

• kill by submerging in water
  • He drowned the kittens
    

• die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
  • The child drowned in the lake
    

• get rid of as if by submerging
  • She drowned her trouble in alcohol
    

• cover completely or make imperceptible
  • I was drowned in work
    
  • The noise drowned out her speech
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  swim , submerge , overwhelm