Usage Note
Annegamento denotes the act or event of drowning. Morire per annegamento ('to die by drowning') is the standard medical/legal phrase. The related verb is annegare (to drown), which uses essere when intransitive and avere when transitive.
Examples
"Il bagnino ha prevenuto un annegamento."
Natural Translation
The lifeguard prevented a drowning.

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