9
wet(verb, moist, cause, water, depress)
8
souse(verb, water, depress, sink, absorb)
8
stifle(verb, dull, quiet, block, diminish)
7
dunk(verb, overwhelm, depress, absorb, dip)
6
bathe(verb, spread, dash, water, absorb)
6
prostrate(verb, upset, beat, reduce, defeat)
6
strangle(verb, get, hit, destroy, block)
6
whelm(verb, beat, reduce, ruin, defeat)
5
choke(verb, block, kill, rush, overwhelm)
5
extinguish(verb, put, depress, dampen, unnerve)
5
kill(verb, upset, beat, destroy, overcome)
5
saturate(verb, overcome, overwhelm, depress, sink)
5
splash(verb, moist, spread, dash, water)
5
subdue(verb, upset, beat, reduce, defeat)
5
submerse(verb, drop, set, collapse, depress)
5
suppress(verb, upset, dull, quiet, beat)
5
water(verb, water, drain, absorb, dip)
4
baptise
4
come to grief(expression, idiom, failure)
4
duck(water, depress, dip, plunge, wet)
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