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submerging

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sub·merge  (sb-mûrj)
v. sub·merged, sub·merg·ing, sub·merg·es
v.tr.
1. To place under water.
2. To cover with water; inundate.
3. To hide from view; obscure.
v.intr.
To go under or as if under water.

[Latin submergere : sub-, sub- + mergere, to plunge.]

sub·mergence n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.submergingsubmerging - sinking until covered completely with water
sinking - a descent as through liquid (especially through water); "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"
dip - a brief immersion


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Never before had any of the rescuers seen a larger body of water than the little stream which wound through their campong, but accidents and experiments in that had taught them the danger of submerging their heads.
Once more the Ghost bore away before the storm, this time so submerging herself that for some seconds I thought she would never reappear.
We try to believe that the egoism within us would have easily been melted, and that it was only the narrowness of our knowledge which hemmed in our generosity, our awe, our human piety, and hindered them from submerging our hard indifference to the sensations and emotions of our fellows.
 
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