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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

  1. verb To die, or to kill, by being unable to breathe underwater.
  2. verb To overwhelm or completely cover, often used figuratively.

flood — full definition

  1. noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
  2. noun A large, overwhelming amount of something arriving all at once.
  3. verb To cover land with water, or to fill something with an overwhelming amount.

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