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[ verb ] make imperceptible

Examples

"The noise from the ice machine drowned out the music"

Used in print

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

The beehive voices , for no_one could bear silence , drowned_out the sound of Mrs._Lincoln 's weeping .

(James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)

`` It does n't drown_out the dialogue '' , I explained .

Related terms

make_noise

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