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
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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Avoid entering basements or rooms where electrical outlets or cords are submerged in water.
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Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025
Add the pieces of goat to the pot and fill with water until the pieces of goat are submerged, about 12 cups.
—Vicky Hallett, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
Once filled, the dam’s reservoir will submerge over 1,200 homes by some counts, and more people in the region will lose access to land and travel routes.
—Karina Garcia, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
The mapping also revealed a calcium carbonate layer at 290 feet, evidence that a thriving coral reef had once existed here before being submerged by rising seas.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
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Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025
Add the pieces of goat to the pot and fill with water until the pieces of goat are submerged, about 12 cups.
—Vicky Hallett, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
Once filled, the dam’s reservoir will submerge over 1,200 homes by some counts, and more people in the region will lose access to land and travel routes.
—Karina Garcia, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
The mapping also revealed a calcium carbonate layer at 290 feet, evidence that a thriving coral reef had once existed here before being submerged by rising seas.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
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 6 Apr. 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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