затопи́ть — meaning in English
zatopit
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English meaning
- drown verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
- flood noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
- inundate verb To give someone far more of something than they can deal with, usually requests, messages or work.
- submerge verb To go completely under the surface of water or another liquid.
Senses
затопи́ть is used for these senses in English:
- drown (intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
- flood To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
- inundate To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.
- submerge (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
drown — full definition
- verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
- verb To overwhelm or completely cover, often used figuratively.
flood — full definition
- noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
- noun A large, overwhelming amount of something arriving all at once.
- verb To cover land with water, or to fill something with an overwhelming amount.