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surround and drown

surround and drown noun: firefighting carried out from the exterior of the burning structure.

Noun

surround and drown (uncountable)

  1. Firefighting carried out from the exterior of the burning structure.

Questions about surround and drown

What does surround and drown mean?
Surround and drown means firefighting carried out from the exterior of the burning structure.
What part of speech is surround and drown?
Surround and drown is a noun.

Words near surround and drown in the dictionary

  1. surrogative
  2. surrogatively
  3. surrogatum
  4. surros
  5. surround
  6. surround and drown
  7. surround sound
  8. surround sounds
  9. surround-sound
  10. surrounded
  11. surroundedness

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