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  • verb Present participle of submerge.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun sinking until covered completely with water

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Examples

  • The study included volunteers who were faced with a number of self-control challenges, such as submerging their hands in an ice bucket, consuming a healthy but foul-tasting vinegar drink, deciding whether to view disturbing information about Haiti earthquake victims and donate money, or making food choices.

    Willpower fading? Try clenching your muscles 2010

  • Mr. Rubenstein also told delegates that more capital would be deployed in emerging markets as investors became nervous about investing in "submerging" markets.

    Carlyle shuts operations in Asia, eastern Europe 2008

  • Tom Cruise, whom I almost always like or even love on screen repeat, on screen, is doing the opposite of McConaughey, kind of submerging some of his charisma but yet at the same time letting it ooze out.

    Heroin for a Night! The Brillig Blogger 2008

  • Tom Cruise, whom I almost always like or even love on screen repeat, on screen, is doing the opposite of McConaughey, kind of submerging some of his charisma but yet at the same time letting it ooze out.

    Archive 2008-08-01 The Brillig Blogger 2008

  • The government's counter-terrorism campaign is often driven by party-political and electoral motives that are 'submerging' its own 'sensible' counter-terrorism strategy.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Garry 2006

  • The government's counter-terrorism campaign is often driven by party-political and electoral motives that are 'submerging' its own 'sensible' counter-terrorism strategy.

    The Party Comes First Garry 2006

  • The study included volunteers who were faced with a number of self-control challenges, such as submerging their hands in an ice bucket, consuming a healthy but foul-tasting vinegar drink, deciding whether to view disturbing information about

    USATODAY.com Weather News 2010

  • How can this be with sovereign debt downgrades and "submerging" equity markets?

    Forbes.com: News Michael Maiello and David Serchuk 2009

  • The pain was tremendous, as bad as submerging them in boiling water.

    The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011

  • Is it any shock that the creator and executive producer of Oxygen's Dance Your Ass Off attended her first Weight Watchers meeting at 12, struggled with bulimia throughout college and spent decades submerging herself in crazy workout regimens and weight loss schemes to nab roles in films such as The Parent Trap, Shall We Dance and Killers?

    Leslie Goldman: 'Dance Your Ass Off' Creator Talks Body Image Leslie Goldman 2011

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