submerge (B1)
verb
Pronunciation: /səbˈmɜːrdʒ/
Definition
To go or cause to go below the surface of water or another liquid.
Examples
The heavy rain caused the river to submerge the nearby fields.
She watched the toy boat submerge slowly as it filled with water.
Divers searched the ocean floor after the ship tragically submerged.
How to Use submerge
- submerge in (prepositional phrase)
- To be covered or immersed in a liquid or a figurative state. — "The submarine will submerge in the deep ocean."
- submerge something (collocation)
- To cause something to go below the surface of a liquid. — "The floodwaters threatened to submerge their home."
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