What is another word for submerging?

Pronunciation: [səbmˈɜːd͡ʒɪŋ] (IPA)

Submerging refers to the act of sinking or plunging something beneath the surface of a liquid or an object. Some common synonyms for submerging include immersing, plunging, dunking, dipping, and drowning. Each of these words describes various forms of submerging that might be used in different contexts. For example, immersing might refer to the act of fully surrounding an object in a liquid, while plunging might refer to quickly and forcefully pushing something underwater. Dunking is often used in the context of food or drink, while drowning implies that something has fully sunk beneath the surface and cannot be seen.

Usage examples for Submerging

But violent convulsions in the mean time must have rent them asunder, submerging some entirely, and elevating others into their present irregular shapes.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
With such men as Pym and Hampden at its head-with Hollis, Hazlerig, Vane, Martin, Cromwell, and a host of other popular patriots, taking part in its councils-it would be strange if something should not be effected, to stem the tide of tyranny, so long flowing over the land-submerging under its infamous waves every landmark of English liberty.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
Grandiloquent sketches were passing and interchanging before his mind's eye-Penrod, in noble raiment, marching down the staring street, his shoulders swaying professionally, the roar of the horn he bore submerging all other sounds; Penrod on horseback, blowing the enormous horn and leading wild hordes to battle, while Marjorie Jones looked on from the sidewalk; Penrod astounding his mother and father and sister by suddenly serenading them in the library.
"Penrod and Sam"
Booth Tarkington

Famous quotes with Submerging

  • Falling in love is like submerging beneath the ocean with a submarine; you leave the outside world and wander in the silence of dimness.
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