Drown and Overcome

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Drown

Drown verb - To cover with a flood.

Usage example: whole villages drowned by the rampaging river

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Overcome is a synonym for drown in overwhelm topic. In some cases you can use "Overcome" instead a verb "Drown", when it comes to topics like make inaudible, submerge and die.

Nearby Word: drowning

Overcome

Overcome verb - To subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress.

Usage example: already under stress, she was overcome by news of a death in the family

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Drown is a synonym for overcome in beat topic. Sometimes you can use "Drown" instead a verb "Overcome".

Nearby Word: overcoming

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Common collocations

enemy	drown enemy	overcome enemy
troubles	drown troubles	overcome troubles
opponents	drown opponents	overcome opponents
enemies	drown enemies	overcome enemies
Other words: foes, fears.

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