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drowning

Suffocation by fluid. Drowning may be due to inhaling external fluid, such as water, or to the presence of body fluids in the lungs.
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AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of drowning.
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His death by drowning gave rise to the great Dragon-boat Festival, which was originally a solemn annual search for the body of the poet.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
Raoul at the same time seized one of the young man's hands and placed it on the mane, which it grasped with the tenacity of a drowning man.
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