Submergence

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of submerging or the state of being submerged; submersion. countable, uncountable

    "The covering up of a complex of apartments on the north-east, and the simultaneous submergence of many floor deposits, mean that Middle Minoan III., like the two preceding periods, was closed by a general catastrophe."

  2. 2
    sinking until covered completely with water wordnet

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baptismbreaking waterburialcadencecatenaryconcavity

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"The covering up of a complex of apartments on the north-east, and the simultaneous submergence of many floor deposits, mean that Middle Minoan III., like the two preceding periods, was closed by a general catastrophe."

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