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undersea

American  
[uhn-der-see] / ˈʌn dərˌsi /

adjective

  1. located, carried on, or used under the surface of the sea.

    undersea life.


adverb

  1. underseas.

undersea British  
/ ˈʌndəˌsiː /

adjective

  1. below the surface of the sea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of undersea

First recorded in 1605–15; under- + sea

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Prosecutors identified the man only as trained scuba diver Vladimir Z, however he is understood to be Volodymyr Zhuravlyov, who was arrested in Poland in 2025 over the undersea plot.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Navy intelligence said in March that China’s increasing submarine production capacity means that it could challenge the U.S.’s undersea dominance by 2040.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Although China's ability to sever undersea communications cables, cyber attacks and interdicting maritime trade are the primary risk for Australia, "the direct strike threat is real and growing", the report said.

From Barron's Jun. 14, 2026

His career has included Coast Guard search and rescue operations, maritime salvage missions, drug interdiction work, and research at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory involving autonomous systems, space technologies, and undersea platforms.

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

And soon we will control the undersea furnaces, our ancestral home!”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

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