drown
verb
[ draʊn ]
• die through submersion in and inhalation of water.
• "a motorist drowned when her car plunged off the edge of a quay"
Similar:
suffocate in water,
inhale water,
go under,
go to a watery grave,
go to Davy Jones's locker,
Origin:
Middle English (originally northern): related to Old Norse drukkna ‘to be drowned’, also to drink.
