7
dousing(verb, flooding, immersing)
7
immersing(verb, flooding, immersing)
7
waterlogging
6
inundating(verb, flooding, immersing)
6
submerging(verb, flooding, immersing)
5
bathing(verb, immersing)
5
deluging(verb, flooding)
5
flooding(verb, flooding, immersing)
5
soaking(verb, liquid, flooding)
5
strangling(verb, killing)
4
asphyxiating(verb, killing)
4
dipping(verb, immersing)
4
drenching(verb, flooding)
4
drown
4
engulfing(verb, flooding, immersing)
4
killing(verb, killing)
4
plunging(verb, immersing)
4
sinking(verb, adjective, fading, immersing)
4
smothering(verb, killing)
4
swamping(verb, flooding)
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