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    drown
    /draʊn/

    verb

    • 1. die through submersion in and inhalation of water: "a motorist drowned when her car plunged off the edge of a quay" Similar suffocate in waterinhale watergo undergo to a watery grave

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  2. www.britannica.com › science › drowningDrowning | Symptoms, Causes & Treatment | Britannica

    Jun 19, 2024 · Drowning is suffocation by immersion in a liquid, usually water, that cuts off the oxygen supply to the body. Learn about the physiological defenses, the types of drowning, and the methods of resuscitation from Britannica.

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  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › drownDrown Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Jun 10, 2024 · The meaning of DROWN is to become drowned. How to use drown in a sentence. to become drowned; to suffocate by submersion especially in water; to submerge especially by a rise in the water level…

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  5. www.cnn.com › 2024/06/22 › usA woman is accused of attempting to drown a 3-year-old Muslim ......

    Jun 22, 2024 · A woman in Texas has been charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child after trying to drown a 3-year-old child at an apartment complex pool and making racist statements, according...

  6. www.nytimes.com › 06 › nyregionTwo Teenagers Drown Off Brooklyn Beach - The New York Times

    4 hours ago · July 6, 2024 Updated 2:34 a.m. ET. Two teenagers drowned while swimming off Coney Island in Brooklyn as a thunderstorm rolled into the area Friday evening, the second such fatal episode at a New ...

  7. www.cnn.com › 2024/07/02 › usWoman accused of trying to drown 3-year-old Muslim child is ... -...

    4 days ago · A woman accused of trying to drown a 3-year-old Muslim and Palestinian child in an apartment complex pool in Texas has been rearrested, inmate records show. Elizabeth Wolf, 42, who was arrested on ...

  8. apnews.com › article › rip-currents-drowning-beach-ocean-b6e8aThings to know about dangerous rip currents and how swimmers...

    Jun 24, 2024 · Rip currents are powerful, narrow channels of fast-moving water that are prevalent along the East, Gulf, and West coasts of the U.S., as well as along the shores of the Great Lakes. About 100 people drown from rip currents along U.S. beaches each year, according to the U.S. Lifesaving Association. (NOAA via AP)

  9. www.abc.net.au › news › 2024/06/16Caught in a rip current, I was moments from drowning in a 'calm...

    Jun 16, 2024 · Last weekend, whilst swimming in what looked like a protected natural rock pool at Spoon Bay on the NSW Central Coast, I was pulled into a dangerous rip that was flowing onto a reef. Just a few ...