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as in to engulf
to cover with a flood
submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog
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as in to immerse
to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid
submerge the tomatoes in boiling hot water for a few seconds and they will be easier to peel
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as in to stifle
to refrain from openly showing or uttering
learned to submerge her ego and became a better teammate for doing so
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Coulter pines — the divas of the conifer world — won’t release seeds unless their giant cones are submerged in hot water.
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Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
The pair had fallen asleep near the ship, often submerged enough that only the tips of their noses poked out of the water.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
The resurgent seagrass has sharp edges, and at high tide swathes of it are submerged.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024
To test the idea, the researchers submerged quartz crystals in a fluid that was rich in gold, then used a motor to simulate the kind of stress the mineral might experience from earthquakes.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2024
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Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
The pair had fallen asleep near the ship, often submerged enough that only the tips of their noses poked out of the water.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
The resurgent seagrass has sharp edges, and at high tide swathes of it are submerged.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024
To test the idea, the researchers submerged quartz crystals in a fluid that was rich in gold, then used a motor to simulate the kind of stress the mineral might experience from earthquakes.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Submerge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submerge. Accessed 23 Sep. 2024.
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