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
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.
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Ceramics can be cleaned with a damp cloth, but never submerge them.
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Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
The deluge tore through a mountainside village, swept away people and submerged more than 2,000 houses and buildings, the National Disaster Management Agency said.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
Although the exact weight and dimensions of the submarine are yet to be specified, the Blekinge-class vessel is expected to displace roughly 2,000 tons when submerged.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
To really understand the magnitude of this moment, let’s backtrack — the taskmaster planet first entered Pisces in March 2023, submerging the collective into quite the introspective season.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
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Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
The deluge tore through a mountainside village, swept away people and submerged more than 2,000 houses and buildings, the National Disaster Management Agency said.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
Although the exact weight and dimensions of the submarine are yet to be specified, the Blekinge-class vessel is expected to displace roughly 2,000 tons when submerged.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025
To really understand the magnitude of this moment, let’s backtrack — the taskmaster planet first entered Pisces in March 2023, submerging the collective into quite the introspective season.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
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“Submerge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/submerge. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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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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