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
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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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In the film, a catastrophic flood submerges everything in its path, including Cat’s home.
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Jamie Lang, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
What to Know Photos and videos shared on social media show cars and roads being submerged in water.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Both brothers were eventually submerged in the water and neither were wearing life jackets.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
To make room for divers and unmanned underwater vehicles to covertly enter and exit the Carter while submerged, the Navy built the submarine 100 feet longer than other Seawolves.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Jamie Lang, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
What to Know Photos and videos shared on social media show cars and roads being submerged in water.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Both brothers were eventually submerged in the water and neither were wearing life jackets.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
To make room for divers and unmanned underwater vehicles to covertly enter and exit the Carter while submerged, the Navy built the submarine 100 feet longer than other Seawolves.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for submerge
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“Submerge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/submerge. Accessed 18 Jan. 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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