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submerge

[suhb-murj]

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verb (used with object)

to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.

to cover or overflow with water; immerse.

to cover; bury; subordinate; suppress: His aspirations were submerged by the necessity of making a living.

verb (used without object)

to sink or plunge under water or beneath the surface of any enveloping medium.

to be covered or lost from sight.

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Origin:
1600–10; < Latin submergere, equivalent to sub- sub- + mergere to dip, immerse; see merge

Related forms

sub·mer·gence, noun

non·sub·mer·gence, noun

re·sub·merge, verb, -merged, -merg·ing.

un·sub·merg·ing, adjective

Synonyms
1. submerse. 2. flood, inundate, engulf.

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Example Sentences

Choose a pot large enough to submerge meat, fill it with water and bring it to a boil.

To integrate book coverage into culture coverage in general is, in effect, to submerge it.

The reservoirs they create can displace thousands of families and submerge large forests.

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Choose a pot large enough to submerge meat, fill it with water and bring it to a boil.

To integrate book coverage into culture coverage in general is, in effect, to submerge it.

The reservoirs they create can displace thousands of families and submerge large forests.

When water is available, warthogs will seek it and often submerge to cool down.

Pick the basil leaves and submerge in water with a skimmer.

You'll need a metal basket or handle to submerge the turkey into the oil.

Set a plate, small enough to submerge into the bowl, over the cabbage and weight down.

Rises in sea levels could displace millions of people and submerge vast amounts of prime agricultural land.

To avoid threats on the surface, they can deflate their air bags and briefly submerge.

And actually, the fastest way to chill any bottle or can is to submerge it in an ice bath, but that's a temporary solution.

Add chicken thighs and legs to pot, and submerge in sauce.

It will also continue to submerge racial or cultural barriers, not strengthen them.

Rising sea levels caused by global warming could completely submerge many of the islands and their ecosystems.

If you actually submerge them, water will get in, but that's pretty unlikely.

Instead, quickly submerge a pot of hot food in a sink filled with ice water, and stir the food for several minutes.

All you have to do is submerge to the right temperature zone at night.

Usually it takes two to three minutes for a car to submerge under water, he said.

Slice in half lengthwise, submerge in cold water, and rinse thoroughly.

Just submerge the entire hose in the source tank, then place your thumb firmly over the delivery end of the hose.

Place a refrigerated egg on a slotted spoon and submerge in boiling water.

The mast tips sideways, forcing its sails to sweep the water's surface or submerge.

Add a cup of cream, or a bit more if necessary, to submerge them.

Remove the pan from the heat, add all the lemon-verbena sprigs and submerge them completely in the sugar syrup.

Elaine prefers to slow down and pick her way between the slicks left where the animals submerge.

Submerge a wrapper until soft, slippery and flexible.

The prospect of the flood that would soon submerge me made my situation all the more distressing.

Just do not drop the equipment or submerge it in water".

To preserve the items, excavators submerge them in salt water.

The debris poured into a river and dammed the waterway, causing it to flood and submerge parts of the area.

You'll need a large stock pot big enough to totally submerge your turkey in the.

When the sun is high, they often wallow or submerge themselves in water.

She is appealing and endeavors to submerge her own personality in her part so far as it is possible.

We are not being asked to submerge ourselves in this story, to believe in its reality.

He also asked people to submerge their religious convictions for the sake of solidarity in a culture war without end.

In each of his films, the director managed to undertake the impossible, and to submerge the viewer into an alternate reality.

Submerge these in the brine, cover well and refrigerate overnight.

Pour in enough white vinegar to submerge the chiles, along with a handful of salt.

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World English Dictionary

submerge or submerse (səbˈmɜːdʒ, səbˈmɜːs)

—vb
1.	to plunge, sink, or dive or cause to plunge, sink, or dive below the surface of water, etc
2.	(tr) to cover with water or some other liquid
3.	(tr) to hide; suppress
4.	(tr) to overwhelm, as with work, difficulties, etc

[C17: from Latin submergere, from sub- + mergere to immerse]

submerse or submerse

—vb

[C17: from Latin submergere, from sub- + mergere to immerse]

sub'mergence or submerse

—n

submersion or submerse

—n

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Word Origin & History

submerge

1606, from L. submergere "to plunge under, sink, overwhelm," from sub "under" + mergere "to plunge, immerse" (see merge). Intransitive use is from 1652, made common 20c. in connection with submarines.

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"It is a quite remarkable fact that the great religions of the most civilized peoples are more deeply fraught with sadness than the simpler beliefs of earlier societies. This certainly does not mean that the current of pessimism is eventually to submerge the other, but it proves that it does not lose ground and that it does not seem destined to disappear."

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