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submerse

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of submerse

1 to cover with a flood

a week of nonstop rain that submersed the cornfields and delayed planting for days

Synonyms of submerse

deluge, drown, engulf, flood, gulf, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, swamp

Words Related to submerse

avalanche, smother

overcome, overrun

flow, flush, gush, pour, sluice, spout, spurt, stream

douse (also dowse), drench, soak, wet

Near Antonyms of submerse

dehydrate, dry, parch

Antonyms of submerse

2 to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid

those hardy souls who daily submerse themselves in icy cold water for its invigorating effect

Synonyms of submerse

dip, douse (also dowse), duck, dunk, immerse, sop, souse, submerge

Words Related to submerse

bathe, moisten, soak, steep, wet

drench, drown, flood

dive, plunge, thrust

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