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
Synonyms
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
The video showed swathes of the city appeared to be a vast lake with houses submerged up to their roofs.
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CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
To his left, dive teams worked to free the remains of two construction workers from a red pickup truck submerged in the murky deep.
—Erin Cox, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
Preserve a Wedding Bouquet in Silica Gel A more advanced way to preserve the flowers from your bouquet involves submerging them in silica gel.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2024
The stone wall remained hidden for about the last 8,500 years when it was submerged due to sea level rise.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
The number of missing individuals is currently unknown, and rescue crews have used sound detection tools to determine that an unspecified number of vehicles are submerged in the river.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2024
Divers found the victims inside a red pickup truck submerged under approximately 25 feet water in the middle span of the bridge.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
Kaufman suggests steeping your tea in just enough hot water to fully submerge the sachet for maximum extraction of flavor.
—Molly Allen, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2024
The group of women managed to get Craft’s 8-year-old out of the car, but her younger son was submerged for several minutes before the women got him out of the water.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
To his left, dive teams worked to free the remains of two construction workers from a red pickup truck submerged in the murky deep.
—Erin Cox, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
Preserve a Wedding Bouquet in Silica Gel A more advanced way to preserve the flowers from your bouquet involves submerging them in silica gel.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2024
The stone wall remained hidden for about the last 8,500 years when it was submerged due to sea level rise.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
The number of missing individuals is currently unknown, and rescue crews have used sound detection tools to determine that an unspecified number of vehicles are submerged in the river.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2024
Divers found the victims inside a red pickup truck submerged under approximately 25 feet water in the middle span of the bridge.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
Kaufman suggests steeping your tea in just enough hot water to fully submerge the sachet for maximum extraction of flavor.
—Molly Allen, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2024
The group of women managed to get Craft’s 8-year-old out of the car, but her younger son was submerged for several minutes before the women got him out of the water.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Submerge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/submerge. Accessed 23 Apr. 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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