submerged; submerging
1
: to put under water
2
: to cover or overflow with water
3
: to make obscure or subordinate : suppress
personal lives submerged by professional responsibilities
: to go under water
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Examples of submerge in a Sentence
After boiling the broccoli, submerge it in ice water to stop the cooking process.
The town was submerged by the flood.
We watched as the divers prepared to submerge.
She's a marvelous actress who submerges herself totally in her roles.
Recent Examples on the Web
On June 9, at about 5 p.m., officers responded to a call for a water rescue of a man who was submerged in a no-swimming area, police said.
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Lizzy Alspach, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2024
Kim submerges the crabs in a potato starch batter, deep-fries them, then dresses the crabs in a soy garlic sauce.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
Images emerged of children traversing South Florida streets in an inflatable raft, adults wading through knee-deep water covering neighborhood blocks, and cars stalled while submerged and stranded in the middle of roadways.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 June 2024
Photos and videos of the flooding went viral on social media, with some footage showing cars nearly fully submerged underwater.
6/12: This is what many parking garages currently look like.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 13 June 2024
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Lizzy Alspach, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2024
Kim submerges the crabs in a potato starch batter, deep-fries them, then dresses the crabs in a soy garlic sauce.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
Images emerged of children traversing South Florida streets in an inflatable raft, adults wading through knee-deep water covering neighborhood blocks, and cars stalled while submerged and stranded in the middle of roadways.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 June 2024
Photos and videos of the flooding went viral on social media, with some footage showing cars nearly fully submerged underwater.
6/12: This is what many parking garages currently look like.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 13 June 2024
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submerge
verb
sub·merge
səb-ˈmərj 
submerged; submerging
1
: to put or go underwater
the whale submerged
2
: to cover or become covered with or as if with water
floods submerged the town
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