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Synonyms for submerge

Grammar : Verb
Spell : suhb-murj
Phonetic Transcription : səbˈmɜrdʒ

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Définition of submerge

Origin :
  • c.1600, from Latin submergere "to plunge under, sink, overwhelm," from sub "under" (see sub-) + mergere "to plunge, immerse" (see merge). Intransitive use is from 1650s, made common 20c. in connection with submarines. Related: Submerged; submerging.
  • verb dunk in liquid
Example sentences :
  • Was it possible to submerge the cable in the Atlantic, and would it be safe at the bottom?
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • But it had been impossible even for grief to submerge the sweet youth in her.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • Would that it could broaden and increase to a general deluge, and submerge the world!
  • Extract from : « The Ghost » by William. D. O'Connor
  • Have we not all our deluges in private that submerge our world in tears?
  • Extract from : « A Modern Mercenary » by Kate Prichard and Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard
  • For six miles in the narrows it is too shallow for a submarine to submerge.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Our Submarines » by John Graham Bower
  • I decide nevertheless not to submerge, as our courses must soon diverge.
  • Extract from : « The Voyage of the Deutschland » by Paul Knig
  • We decide not to let it come any nearer, and give the alarm to submerge.
  • Extract from : « The Voyage of the Deutschland » by Paul Knig
  • Too late the astounded and terrified Huns sought to submerge.
  • Extract from : « The Thick of the Fray at Zeebrugge » by Percy F. Westerman
  • Take care of the scuttle; don't let them close it down, or they'll submerge and drown us.
  • Extract from : « Cappy Ricks Retires » by Peter B. Kyne
  • Then submerge them under two inches of soil at a temperature of seventy degrees.
  • Extract from : « Garden Ornaments » by Mary H. Northend

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