To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.
To swell or rise above (something, especially the rim of a container, the sides of something hollow, etc.).
To cause (something) to be too swollen or large; to become too swollen or large.
An excessive or sudden increase or flood (of something).