SUBMERSION Synonyms

• sinking until covered completely with water

• (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse

• complete attention; intense mental effort

• a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged

• the act of wetting something by submerging it

• sinking until covered completely with water

• an overwhelming number or amount

• a heavy rain

• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• charge someone with too many tasks

• fill or cover completely, usually with water

• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

• an overwhelming number or amount

• a brief swim in water

• a steep and rapid fall

• thrust or throw into

• drop steeply

• dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity

• begin with vigor

• cause to be immersed

• fall abruptly

• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

• devote (oneself) fully to

• the process of totally saturating something with a substance

• the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid

• a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence

• chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue

• the act of wetting something by submerging it

• hunting ducks

• the act of wetting something by submerging it

• sinking until covered completely with water