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submerge
transitive verb submerged, submerging
- to place under or cover with water or the like; plunge into water, inundate, etc.
- to cover over; suppress; hide
- to sink below a decent level of life: the submerged people of the slums
intransitive verb
to sink or plunge beneath the surface of water, etc.
Related Forms:
- submergence noun
- submergible adjective
See submerge in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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