submersed

verb

Definition of submersednext
past tense of submerse
1
as in flooded
to cover with a flood a week of nonstop rain that submersed the cornfields and delayed planting for days

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2
as in immersed
to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid those hardy souls who daily submerse themselves in icy cold water for its invigorating effect

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Recent Examples of submersed The Downriver Mutual Aid Dive Team is expected to search water alongside eastbound Interstate 94 and Ecorse after a car was submersed in water after a crash. — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for submersed
  1. flooded
  2. immersed
  3. engulfed
  4. dipped
  5. submerged
  6. drowned
  7. overwhelmed
Verb
  • As men, women and children flooded across the border between Morocco and Spain, into the autonomous city of Ceuta at the end of July, European populists and anti-immigrant politicians capitalized on the shocking images of human desperation.
    — Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • And now, since Panettiere's death, fans have again flooded Neutrogena's social media.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of flooded
Verb
  • Hoffman likes being able to walk out his front door and immediately be immersed in the vibrancy of city life.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Marie and Katas immersed themselves in the community for years, eventually gaining unprecedented access to Bateman and his followers and capturing footage that helped authorities build a case against him.
    — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of immersed
Verb
  • While the region is engulfed in conflict, the market is showing itself to be immune to the impact of it.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The wreck of a steam tugboat dating from the early 1900s is the latest relic to emerge from shrinking waters in Serbia as Europe's rivers run dry, with the continent engulfed in prolonged, extreme heat and drought.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of engulfed
Verb
  • The collection also features a special Poké Ball Doughnut, glazed and dipped in vanilla icing, topped with red sprinkles and piped with chocolate icing.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Five hundred and ninety women have filed to run this year passing the high of 583 set in 2020 and 2022 (2024 dipped).
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of dipped
Verb
  • Seventy million barrels is the strict physical minimum needed at the top of the caverns to keep the extraction pipes safely submerged in oil rather than water, said Siddharth Misra, a petroleum engineering professor at Texas A&M University.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Drone footage shared by the city showed houses, vehicles and roads submerged in muddy floodwater.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of submerged
Verb
  • Authorities that same year recovered the body of a man who reportedly drowned in 2002, another man who drowned in 1974, and the body of a man who died of as-yet-undetermined causes after disappearing in 1998.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The remains of another drowning victim, Donald Smith, who was believed to have drowned in 1974, were found in October 2022.
    — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of drowned
Verb
  • The wait times also help ensure that the site doesn’t get overwhelmed by demand.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Abrams was able to return to the song without being overwhelmed by the feelings that came with writing it.
    — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of overwhelmed

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“Submersed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submersed. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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