drown
verb (used without object)
to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
drowner
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a word derived from
drown.
Example Sentences
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With this in mind, I inhaled the cotton with the urgent indignity of a drowner spat upon dry land.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2020
As the drowner was about to sink, Signorina Mussolini grabbed her, managed to keep her afloat until an armada of rowboated rescuers arrived.
From Time Magazine Archive
