submerge
verb (used with object)
to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
is submerging
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present progressiveof submerge (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Sea-level rise is submerging coastal communities, displacing and endangering residents.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 10, 2022
I might add that all available crew members perform this function as a matter of routine, while their boat is submerging.
From Time Magazine Archive
The own personality is submerging into a larger all-embracing hold and thus inhibits the small cares and troubles of merely personal origin.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
