Submerging

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    sinking until covered completely with water wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of submerge form-of, gerund, participle, present

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collapsingdeciduousdecliningdeclivitousdecurrentdescendant

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"The vehicle was immobilized by water that engulfed an underpass on a main motorway, nearly submerging the vehicle and its passengers not far from the center of Athens."

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