淹没

淹没	yān mò	to submerge / to drown / to flood / to drown out (also fig.)
淹	yān	to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay
没	méi	(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
没	mò	drowned / to end / to die / to inundate