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submerge

verb
/səbˈmɜːrdʒ/

Meaning

to put under water or cover with liquid

Example Sentences

The floodwaters threatened to submerge the village.

Example Expressions

submerge oneself in work

Synonyms

immerse, sink, engulf, drown, cover

Antonyms

emerge, surface, rise

Collocations

submerge completely, submerge underwater, submerge in water, submerge the land

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