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🧑‍🦱 A drowning person 🌊 A cause of drowning
drowner

drowner

1 8.7
A person or thing that makes others go under water and stop breathing
  • noun
  • /ˈdraʊnər/
: causante de ahogamiento
  • Many believe that the drowner was responsible for the tragedy.

Examples

  • The police are investigating the drowner incident.

  • The storm created dangerous waves, making it a drowner for any small boat at sea.

  • The strong current was a silent drowner for careless swimmers.

  • He warned that the old well could be a dangerous drowner for small animals.

  • The faulty pool cover became an unexpected drowner after the storm.

  • In myth, the river spirit was known as a drowner, luring travelers to their doom.

  • The rip currents made the beach a drowner, warning swimmers to stay close to shore.

How Dangerous

killer
  • NSFW
104 4.9
drowner
1 8.7
danger
∞ 1.0
hazard
174 3.4
risk
∞ 1.9

Surface Forms

drowner singular
drowners plural

Morphology

drowner = drown (transparent) = drown + er

The word is transparently built from 'drown' + '-er' to mean an agent or cause of drowning.

Etymology

Drowner can also come from the verb drown ('to die in water') plus the ending -er ('one who' or 'that which'). So a drowner can be a thing, like a strong current or a broken pool cover, that causes someone to drown.