Crowd
Crowd verb - To fit (people or things) into a tight space.
Drown
Both words in one sentence
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In The Middleman, there's a cursed tuba that anyone who hears it play will "drown in the icy waters of the North Atlantic." Naturally, there's an immortal guy who wants to play it to a large crowd.
Source: Musical Assassin - But when Buddy wins the crowd over, Jett attacks, and as they fight in a tree, they fall into the water in a golf course, where Jett tries to drown Buddy.
Source: Cain And Abel / Literature -
No matter what song is being sung, there will be a thunderous sing-along from the crowd that sometimes threatens to drown out the not-especially-powerfully-voiced Taylor.
Source: Audience Participation Song
Cite this Source
Drown and Crowd. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crowd/drown
Crowd & Drown. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crowd/drown>.
Drown or Crowd. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/crowd/drown.
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