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deluge, drown, engulf, flood, gulf, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerse, swamp
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Apple has dramatically enhanced water resistance for the new models, which could allow them to be submerged under water far longer than the 30-minute rating on the current iPhones. — Mark Gurman, Fortune, "Apple Is Launching New iPhones, iPads and Macs. Here’s What to Expect," 22 Aug. 2019 Perry built a theater submerged 6 feet below the water’s surface, and in October 1947, the first mermaid show was held. — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, "Weeki Wachee Springs: Mermaids captivate audiences in newly renovated underwater theater," 13 Aug. 2019 Pour the mixture into a 1-gallon Ziploc freezer bag and submerge the sealed bag in the ice bath. — Carrie Knauer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Carrie’s Kitchen: Ice cream recipes designed to make every day better," 1 Aug. 2019 While the moral message is crystal clear, director Simon Wincer maintains a terrific entertainment-educational balance, never letting Willy submerge in overt message-dom or preachy moralizing. — Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Free Willy': THR's 1993 Review," 16 July 2019 What attracted me to this iconic place is that most of the volcano is submerged under water. — Emilie Hooft, The Conversation, "We probed Santorini’s volcano with sound to learn what’s going on beneath the surface," 24 June 2019 After catastrophic floodwaters submerged wide stretches of southern Louisiana in 2016, displaced homeowners and officials criticized the federal recovery effort as dangerously slow, leaving thousands of people homeless for months. — nola.com, "Homeland Security watchdog whitewashed FEMA disaster audits, including for Louisiana," 15 Aug. 2016 Thanks to air hoses, these nymphs can stay submerged for a 30-minute performance. — CBS News, "A tale of mermaids," 11 Aug. 2019 In the 1990s, Ronald and her lab embarked on a project to sequence and understand a trait in an ancient variety of rice that can tolerate intense flooding, allowing the crop to survive even if submerged for weeks. — Megan Molteni, WIRED, "Crispr Can Help Solve Our Looming Food Crisis—Here's How," 8 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'submerge.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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