: something that is submersible
especially
: a usually small underwater craft used especially for deep-sea research
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Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
Climbing down through the hatch, Chip Barker took his seat in the Scenic Neptune II submersible.
—Kristen Pope, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2024
Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Also landing a new title is Titan, director Mark Monroe’s documentary film about the titular submersible’s doomed journey to the ruins of the Titanic.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Five people on board the submersible included OceanGate's founder and CEO Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, French maritime expert Paul-Henri-Nargeolet, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman Dawood.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
Climbing down through the hatch, Chip Barker took his seat in the Scenic Neptune II submersible.
—Kristen Pope, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2024
Noun
By 2009, law enforcement authorities said over a third of the drugs smuggled into the U.S. came aboard the submersibles, according to the Washington Post.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Also landing a new title is Titan, director Mark Monroe’s documentary film about the titular submersible’s doomed journey to the ruins of the Titanic.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Submersible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/submersible. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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submersible
1 of 2 adjective
sub·mers·ible
səb-ˈmər-sə-bəl 
: capable of being submerged
submersible pumps
submersible
2 of 2 noun
: something that is submersible
especially
: submarine entry 2 sense 1
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