submerge

Definitions


[səbˈməːdʒ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause (something) to be under water
(e.g: houses had been flooded and cars submerged)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 15th century: partly via French from Latin submergere, from sub- ‘under’ + mergere ‘to dip’




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