: something that is submersible
especially
: a usually small underwater craft used especially for deep-sea research
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
Lochridge, a veteran submersible pilot, said he was meant to take several paying clients down to the wreck to take a 3-D model, but Rush wanted to pilot the dive instead.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2024
John Bacon, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
Renata Rojas, an unpaid volunteer, and Tym Catterson, a contractor with experience of piloting submersibles.
—Mark Harris, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
On June 18, 2023, five people boarded a submersible created by the company OceanGate to visit the Titanic wreckage site 12,500 feet underwater.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
Lochridge, a veteran submersible pilot, said he was meant to take several paying clients down to the wreck to take a 3-D model, but Rush wanted to pilot the dive instead.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2024
Noun
An hour and 45 minutes later, the submersible's support ship lost contact with the Titan.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
Renata Rojas, an unpaid volunteer, and Tym Catterson, a contractor with experience of piloting submersibles.
—Mark Harris, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Submersible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/submersible. Accessed 23 Sep. 2024.
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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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