submerge
verb
sub·merge səb-ˈmərj 
submerged; submerging
transitive verb
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
intransitive verb
: to go under water
submergence
səb-ˈmər-jən(t)s
noun submergible
səb-ˈmər-jə-bəl
adjective 
Synonyms
- deluge
- drown
- engulf
- flood
- gulf
- inundate
- overflow
- overwhelm
- submerse
- swamp
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Example Sentences
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.
Recent Examples on the Web Add sweetbreads and enough cold water to submerge them. 
Kathleen Squires, WSJ, 16 June 2022 Add the watercress and mint leaves to the boiling water, pushing them down to submerge them completely. Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022 If mounted, submerge the whole thing in the sink until the roots are saturated, then let drip dry. Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 23 Aug. 2022 Climate change is increasing the risk of future floods that could submerge multiple cities and displace millions of people across California, according to a new study released Friday. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2022 If possible, submerge your whole body in cool but not freezing water to quickly bring down your core temperature. Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2022 Then, submerge the pillow in the detergent solution. Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2022 Debussy’s music evokes the Breton belief that on clear mornings, the cathedral rises dripping from the sea to ring its bells, only to submerge again beneath the waves. Steven Litt, cleveland, 24 July 2022 Then, in late 2005, Hurricane Katrina walloped New Orleans, kicking up enough gulf water to submerge much of the ridge-top city. Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022 See More
Kathleen Squires, WSJ, 16 June 2022 Add the watercress and mint leaves to the boiling water, pushing them down to submerge them completely. Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022 If mounted, submerge the whole thing in the sink until the roots are saturated, then let drip dry. Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 23 Aug. 2022 Climate change is increasing the risk of future floods that could submerge multiple cities and displace millions of people across California, according to a new study released Friday. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2022 If possible, submerge your whole body in cool but not freezing water to quickly bring down your core temperature. Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2022 Then, submerge the pillow in the detergent solution. Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2022 Debussy’s music evokes the Breton belief that on clear mornings, the cathedral rises dripping from the sea to ring its bells, only to submerge again beneath the waves. Steven Litt, cleveland, 24 July 2022 Then, in late 2005, Hurricane Katrina walloped New Orleans, kicking up enough gulf water to submerge much of the ridge-top city. Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin submergere, from sub- + mergere to plunge — more at merge
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Kids Definition
submerge
verb
sub·merge səb-ˈmərj
submerged; submerging
1
: to put under or plunge into water
2
: to cover or become covered with or as if with water
Floods submerged the town.
submerging
verb
1
as in flooding
to cover with a flood submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- flooding
- engulfing
- drowning
- overwhelming
- inundating
- swamping
- submersing
- deluging
- overflowing
- flushing
- overcoming
- gulfing
- wetting
- smothering
- flowing
- avalanching
- soaking
- drenching
- sluicing
- overrunning
- pouring
- gushing
- spurting
- dousing
- streaming
- spouting
- dowsing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- draining
- drying
- dehydrating
- parching
2
as in immersing
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 Synonyms & Similar Words
- immersing
- dipping
- dunking
- drowning
- submersing
- ducking
- dousing
- soaking
- wetting
- sopping
- flooding
- bathing
- plunging
- moistening
- sousing
- dowsing
- steeping
- drenching
- thrusting
- diving
3
as in swallowing
to refrain from openly showing or uttering learned to submerge her ego and became a better teammate for doing so Synonyms & Similar Words
- swallowing
- stifling
- suppressing
- smothering
- strangling
- sinking
- repressing
- containing
- controlling
- managing
- holding back
- pocketing
- governing
- curbing
- choking (back)
- checking
- quashing
- squelching
- quelling
- muffling
- bridling
- bottling up
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- expressing
- releasing
- unleashing
- venting
- taking out
- loosing
- petticoat insulator
- petticoat pipe
- petticoat tails
- petticoat trousers
- petticoated
- petticoatless
- petticoats
- pettier
- petties
- pettiest
- pettifog
- pettifogged
- pettifogger
- pettifoggeries
- pettifoggers
- pettifoggery
- pettifogging
- pettifoggings
- pettifogs
- pettilier
- pettiliest
- pettily
- pettiness
- pettinesses
- petting