Antonyms for drown

Grammar : Verb

Spell : droun

Phonetic Transcription : draʊn

Definition of drown

Origin : c.1300, transitive and intransitive, perhaps from an unrecorded derivative word of Old English druncnian (Middle English druncnen) "be swallowed up by water" (originally of ships as well as living things), probably from the base of drincan "to drink."
Modern form is from northern England dialect, probably influenced by Old Norse drukna "be drowned." Related: Drowned; drowning.

verb submerge in liquid; submerge and die

Example sentences :

That was why she had made such a noise about it, in order to drown these words.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

But are you voluble enough to drown all sense in a torrent of words?
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Were we to drown the world with them, could the world blame us?
Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Peter might not be dead; what should he say to Margaret if he left him there to drown?
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

Stryker had befriended him indeed, had he permitted him to drown.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

But he did not drown, for a Triton came his way who took him along with him to the dragon-castle.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

"Drown him in the new butt of Moselle," recommended Rudesheimer.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

The blind man bawled, as if he wished to drown the sound of speech.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

In the end they'll be killed or will drown for lack of water as these first ones did.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

Divide it and try to sell it piecemeal, and do not drown yourself.
Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan

Synonyms for drown

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