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Death by the one substance you're mostly made of.
means To die or kill by submersion, when water fills the lungs and breathing becomes impossible.
from From Old Norse drukna, sibling to drunk and drench — all soaked in the same waterlogged root.
Quiet killerReal drowning is silent, not the splashy movie version
Figurative useUsed for debt, paperwork, sorrows since the 1300s
Dry drowningMisleading term doctors have largely abandoned