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    Sub·mer·gence
    /səbˈmərj(ə)ns/

    noun

    • 1. the process or state of being submerged in or covered with water: "total submergence of plants results in heavy crop losses"
  2. Submergence definition: the act of putting or sinking something below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium, or the resulting state. See examples of SUBMERGENCE used in a sentence.

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  4. 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.

  5. submergence. Other forms: submergences. Definitions of submergence. noun. sinking until covered completely with water. synonyms: immersion, submerging, submersion. see more.

  6. 1. To place under the surface of a liquid, especially water: submerged the pieces of chicken in the broth. 2. To cover with water or another liquid; inundate: The flood submerged the road. 3.

  7. to go below or make something go below the surface of the sea or a river or lake: The submarine submerged when enemy planes were sighted. She was taken to hospital after being submerged in an icy river for 45 minutes. [ T ] literary. to cover or hide something completely: She has submerged her identity in the role of photographer's wife and muse.

  8. Examples of how to use “submergence” in a sentence from Cambridge Dictionary.

  9. [intransitive, transitive] to go under the surface of water or liquid; to put something or make something go under the surface of water or liquid. The submarine had had time to submerge before the warship could approach. be submerged (by something) The fields had been submerged by floodwater.

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