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submerge
[suhb-murj]
verb (used with object)
to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
Synonyms:to cover or overflow with water; immerse.
Synonyms: , ,to cover over; suppress; conceal; obscure; repress.
His aspirations were submerged by the necessity of making a living.
verb (used without object)
to sink or plunge under water or beneath the surface of any enveloping medium.
to be covered or lost from sight.
submerge
/ səbˈmɜːs, səbˈmɜːdʒ, səbˈmɜːʃən /
verb
to plunge, sink, or dive or cause to plunge, sink, or dive below the surface of water, etc
(tr) to cover with water or some other liquid
(tr) to hide; suppress
(tr) to overwhelm, as with work, difficulties, etc
Other Word Forms
- submergence noun
- resubmerge verb
- unsubmerging adjective
- ܲˈԳ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of submerge1
Example Sentences
The effect is that of being submerged in a lush wash of beauteous flute chords.
He was submerged for a minute and 52 seconds before volunteers from the club realised he was under the water.
Northridge and her team had to research how concrete ages while submerged; the effects team built a giant chlorinated water tank.
He added that "surging flood water submerged and washed away over 50 residential houses with their occupants".
The present is always understood as an impending catastrophe in which white people will be killed en masse or “utterly submerged,” but there’s no discoverable or recoverable past moment when the fear was absent.
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