Meaning & use
submerge
To put or go completely under the surface of water or another liquid.
See it in a sentence
The divers submerged themselves to explore the sunken ship near the reef.
Heavy rain caused the river to rise and submerge the nearby fields.
A note on using this word
"Submerge" can be transitive, as in submerge an object, or intransitive, as in the submarine submerged.
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immersesink
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