drown vs eliminate

drown and eliminate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drown	No	No	Yes	No
eliminate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, eliminate is a hypernym of drown; that is, eliminate is a word with a broader meaning than drown:

Other hypernyms of drown include do away with, extinguish, get rid of.

drown (verb)	eliminate (verb)
die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating	eliminate from the body
kill by submerging in water	kill in large numbers
get rid of as if by submerging	terminate, end, or take out
cover completely or make imperceptible	remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation	dismiss from consideration or a contest
be covered with or submerged in a liquid	remove from a contest or race
	get rid of something