submerge

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /sʌbˈmɜːdʒ/
• (America) IPA: /sʌbˈmɝdʒ/

Verb

submerge (submerges, present participle submerging; past and past participle submerged)

1. (intransitive) To sink out of sight.

   The submarine submerged in the water.

2. (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.

   Synonyms: immerse

   In films many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.

3. (transitive, figurative) To be engulfed in or overwhelmed by something.

   Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.

Synonyms

• submerse

Related terms

• submersion

Translations

• French: submerger
• German: abtauchen
• Italian: sommergere
• Portuguese: submergir
• Russian: погружа́ться
• Spanish: sumergir

Translations

• French: immerger
• German: untertauchen
• Italian: sommergere
• Portuguese: submergir
• Russian: погружа́ть

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