submerge

Verb

submerge (third-person singular simple present submerges, present participle submerging, simple past and past participle submerged)

1. (intransitive) To sink out of sight.
   • The submarine submerged in the water.
2. (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
   • In films, many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.

   Synonyms:

   immerse

3. (transitive, often in the passive voice) To be below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc.
   • On the day of RAIL 's site visit, in heavy weather, the scaffolding and decking that engineers stand on were submerged deep under choppy water, with work suspended. "We have to work around the tides," explained Project Director Alan Venables. "The wind pushes the tide up and the waves get larger....2023 March 22, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Island Line to reopen to Ryde Pier in June... possibly”, in RAIL, number 979, page 24
4. (figuratively, transitive, often in the passive voice) To engulf or overwhelm.
   • Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To drown or suppress.
   • Mrs Dibble made for the kitchen, stumping violently with her crutches and heaving her bulk along with the obvious determination to submerge her wrongs by resorting to the gin-bottle.1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 150