submerged

adjective

sub·​merged səb-ˈmərjd How to pronounce submerged (audio)
1
: covered with water
2
3
: sunk in poverty and misery
4
: hidden, suppressed
submerged emotions

Examples of submerged in a Sentence

submerged local roadways made for hazardous driving
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The driver was not injured but had to be rescued from their almost completely submerged vehicle, police told CNN affiliate WLWT. Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025 Additionally, a 74-year-old man was found dead inside his submerged vehicle in the town of Boston. John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025 Flooding killed at least five more in Kentucky — including a 9-year-old boy swept away Friday on his way to school, and a 74-year-old whose body was found Saturday inside a submerged vehicle, authorities said. CBS News, 7 Apr. 2025 But she’s soon embroiled in a case: A barrel containing the skeleton of a child surfaces from the artificial lake, at the bottom of which lies the submerged old village. John Hopewell, Variety, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for submerged

Word History

First Known Use

1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of submerged was in 1697

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“Submerged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/submerged. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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