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Uncommondrowning
The correct spelling is drowning.
How to pronounce drowning
verb
IPA: /ˈdɹaʊnɪŋ/
Say it like: Dro-wni-ng
The correct spelling is drowning. To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid. For example: "The answers intelligence services seek are often drowned in the flood of information they can now gather."
Usage Examples
“The answers intelligence services seek are often drowned in the flood of information they can now gather.”
“It's dangerous to swim in that river — there were three drownings there last year.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
- 2.To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
- 3.To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
- 4.To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
- 5.(usually passive) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.
noun
- 1.An instance of a person or animal drowning.
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