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Submerge

To put under water; to plunge.

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Broader term 6

Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flood 76% connected

A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Immerse 76% connected

Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plunge 76% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Settle 76% connected

A seat of any kind.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sink 76% connected

To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 2

Dive 76% connected

To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drown 76% connected

To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Dousing 74% connected

of Douse

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dousing 74% connected

of Douse

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Immersion 74% connected

The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Immersion 74% connected

The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Submersion 74% connected

The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Submersion 74% connected

The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Deluge 92% connected

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Drown 92% connected

To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inundate 92% connected

To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Overwhelm 92% connected

To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Submerse 92% connected

Submersed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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