drown out

/draʊn aʊt/
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Other forms: drowned out; drowning out; drowns out

Definitions of drown out
  1. verb
    make imperceptible
    “The noise from the ice machine drowned out the music”
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    type of:
    make noise, noise, resound
    emit a noise
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