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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Submerging
Synonyms for "submerging" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
Noun(11 words)
fallingfounderingon the descendanton the downgradeplummetingplungingsaggingsettingsinkingsubsidingtotteringtumbledown
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
14 entriescausative adjectivecognitive stateengagementgeological processhydrological processimmersionphysical actphysical actionprocessprocess descriptorpsychological statesinkingstate descriptorsubmerged adjective
More specific
14 entriescoastal submergencecomplete submergencedata immersiondeep immersionliterature immersionoil immersionpartial submergencesubmergence actionsubmergence mechanismsubmerging statetidal submergencetotal absorptionunderwater statewater immersion
Collocations
15 entriescoastal submergencegradual submergencerapid submergencesubmergence processsubmerging currentssubmerging cyclesubmerging operationsubmerging phasesubmerging processsubmerging shorelinesubmerging stagesubmerging techniquesubmerging vegetationsubmerging waterswater immersion
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
7 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
My best friend and I spend a lot of time going to the beach. We enjoy submerging our bodies into the fresh sea water.
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We enjoy submerging our bodies into the fresh sea water.
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