0 present participle of submerge
1 to go below or make something go below the surface of the sea or a river or lake:
No one from choice or pleasure would undertake an operation which results in submerging houses and chapels, but they, again, will be rebuilt.
Is there not some other way, without submerging our principles?
For many methods have been used there - from submerging prisoners' heads in water to depriving them of sleep for many nights.
You do not engage in slum clearance by submerging it in paper; and that is what has happened.
There is no down grading or submerging, but the process of the sympathetic welfare system will be fully maintained.
It came down slowly under auto-rotation, but on striking the rough water immediately rolled over, submerging the door.
The ordeal often involved submerging people in cold water.
In fact, this is a merging operation, not a submerging one.
