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Verb drown has 4 senses

submerge, drown, overwhelm - cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
--₁ is one way to cover, spread over
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
drown - get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
--₂ is one way to eliminate, get rid of, do away with
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
drown - die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"
--₃ is one way to die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
drown - kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"
--₄ is one way to kill
Sample sentence:
They want to drown the prisoners