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submerging

adjective as in sinking

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A sea-level rise of one metre would put hundreds of millions of people at risk of more regular coastal flooding, as well as submerging parts of low-lying countries such as the Maldives.

From BBC

The incident comes a day after Typhoon Gaemi intensified seasonal monsoon rains, submerging large swathes of Metro Manila and its suburbs in deep floods.

From BBC

Vulto employees reportedly didn’t wash their lower or upper arms before submerging them in whey to stir and break up fresh cheese curds.

From Salon

Melting glaciers and growing monsoons have caused devastating floods, at one point submerging a third of the country.

Hovde tried to combat that image by submerging himself in a Madison lake in February.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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