insubmergibleadj.
/ɪnsʌbˈməːdʒɪb(ə)l/ That cannot be submerged or sunk under water.
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the world > matter > liquid > action or process of floating > [adjective] > incapable of sinking or being sunk or immersed
immersible1656
immersable1676
insubmergible1808
insubmersible1865
1808 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 100/1 Religion..is so buoyant and so insubmergible—that it may be made, by fanatics, to carry with it any degree of error.
1822 New Monthly Mag. 5 382 One of the company in this insubmergible passage-boat.
1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 19 Collapsible Insubmergible Dinghys for Fishing Smacks.
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