Meaning & use

submerge

verb·Academic

To put or go completely under the surface of water or another liquid.

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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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