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submerge
verb
[ səbˈməːdʒ ]
• cause (something) to be under water.
• "houses had been flooded and cars submerged"
Similar:
flood
,
inundate
,
deluge
,
engulf
,
swamp
,
immerse
,
drown
,
overflow
, pour over,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin submergere, from sub- ‘under’ + mergere ‘to dip’.