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SUBMERGE
inundate, deluge, submerge
(verb) fill or cover completely, usually with water
submerge, drown, overwhelm
(verb) cover completely or make imperceptible; “I was drowned in work”; “The noise drowned out her speech”
submerge, submerse
(verb) put under water; “submerge your head completely”
submerge, submerse
(verb) sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
submerge (third-person singular simple present submerges, present participle submerging, simple past and past participle submerged)
(intransitive) To sink out of sight.
(transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
Synonym: immerse
(transitive, figurative) To be engulfed in or overwhelmed by something.
Synonyms
• submerse
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*merge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Submerged; p. pr. & vb. n. Submerging.] Etym: [L. submergere, submersum; sub under + mergere to plunge: cf. F. submerger. See Merge.]
1. To put under water; to plunge.
2. To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown. I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged. Shak.
Sub*merge", v. i.
Definition: To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included. Some say swallows submerge in ponds. Gent. Mag.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
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