1
as in to engulf
to cover with a flood
submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog
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2
as in to immerse
to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid
submerge the tomatoes in boiling hot water for a few seconds and they will be easier to peel
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as in to stifle
to refrain from openly showing or uttering
learned to submerge her ego and became a better teammate for doing so
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Recent Examples of submerge
Akerman turns the youths’ judgmental sociology into a romantic rhapsody with a shot that glides forward, from a wide view of Michèle and Paul submerged in a crowd to a tight double closeup of the two kissing.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
In immersion cooling systems, servers are submerged in a fluid that carries heat away without evaporating water.
—Shaolei Ren, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2025
Put on gloves for protection, then place your pumpkins so they are submerged in the water.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Avoid entering basements or rooms where electrical outlets or cords are submerged in water.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
In immersion cooling systems, servers are submerged in a fluid that carries heat away without evaporating water.
—Shaolei Ren, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2025
Put on gloves for protection, then place your pumpkins so they are submerged in the water.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Avoid entering basements or rooms where electrical outlets or cords are submerged in water.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for submerge
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Aamir Quereshi imaged the moon moments before it was engulfed in Earth's shadow over Pakistan, with a razor-thin crescent lit by bright sunlight.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Burmese pythons, which can engulf an entire Presidential golfing party simply by unhinging their (the pythons’) jaws, inhabit the environs of the Gulf of Mexico, and have even been seen swimming offshore.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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From Liu Li Palace’s Cantonese excellence to RASA’s international offerings, guests can immerse themselves in a culinary journey without leaving the hotel.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The husband-and-wife co-founders grew up in Brooklyn and spent their youth immersed in Williamsburg’s creative and cultural scene in the late 2000s.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
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Watch The Incredibles films on Disney+ Luca Luca (Jacob Tremblay) and Alberto (Jack Dylan Grazer) are sea monsters who feel stifled in the water.—
Sydni Ellis,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Experts say this shift could stifle innovation—but here’s how young workers can still get their foot in the door.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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The comment sections of each video documenting the saga was flooded with people baffled by how the pair ended up in the situation.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Just two days before filming began in the northwest regional province of Santiago Rodriguez, a powerful storm swept through the Dominican Republic, flooding the ground floor of the production office and bringing much of Santo Domingo to a halt.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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Surveys suggest consumer confidence has dipped and auto loan defaults and repossessions are on the rise.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Stock prices dipped slightly in trading Wednesday after Oracle reported an upbeat outlook for cloud revenue and the Producer Price Index revealed a decline in wholesale prices in August.—
Catherine Brock,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Although Canon had mandated that the Cat's programmability be suppressed, the IAI team nevertheless maintained the ability to compute expressions, which Canon permitted as an extension of the editor metaphor.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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However, the country's typically strict online censors did not appear to be limiting discussion in the comments—a tactic often used to suppress sensitive or politically awkward narratives.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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As the infection overwhelms the body, severe drops in blood pressure further starve vital organs of oxygen.—
Michal Ruprecht,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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That’s a fast track to overwhelm, a broken budget, and frustration.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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After a man drowned off a popular Anna Maria Island beach over the Labor Day weekend, city officials are speeding up plans to ban swimming in the area.—
Ryan Ballogg,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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On Wednesday, as one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims spoke outside the Capitol, pleading for government candor, fighter jets roared overhead, briefly drowning her out.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Submerge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submerge. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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