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   submerge

   /səbˈməːdʒ/

   verb

   • 1. cause (something) to be under water: "houses had been flooded and cars submerged" Similar floodinundatedelugeengulfswampimmersedrownoverflowpour over
   • ▪ descend below the surface of an area of water: "the U-boat had had time to submerge" Similar go under waterdivesinkplungeplummetdropgo downOpposite surface
   • ▪ completely cover or obscure: "the tensions submerged earlier in the campaign now came to the fore" Similar hideconcealveilcloakrepresssuppress

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin submergere, from sub- ‘under’ + mergere ‘to dip’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. submergible adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

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