submergible

Variant of submerge

submerge definition

sub·merge (səb mʉrj′)

transitive verb submerged -·merged′, submerging -·merg′·ing

  1. to place under or cover with water or the like; plunge into water, inundate, etc.
  2. to cover over; suppress; hide
  3. to sink below a decent level of life the submerged people of the slums

Etymology: L submergere < sub-, under + mergere, to plunge: see merge

intransitive verb

to sink or plunge beneath the surface of water, etc.

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