[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

submerge \submerge"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. submerged; p. pr. 
   vb. n. submerging. l. submergere, submersum; sub under +
   mergere to plunge: cf. f. submerger. see merge.
   1. to put under water; to plunge.
      1913 webster

   2. to cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to
      drown.
      1913 webster

            i would thou didst,
            so half my egypt were submerged.      --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
submerged submerging merge 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

submerging
     n : sinking until covered completely with water syn: submergence,
          submersion, immersion
see also:
submergence submersion immersion 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

28 moby thesaurus words for "submerging":
   collapsing, deciduous, declining, declivitous, decurrent,
   descendant, descending, down, down-reaching, downcoming,
   downfalling, downgoing, downhill, downsinking, downward, drooping,
   dropping, falling, on the descendant, on the downgrade, plummeting,
   plunging, sagging, setting, sinking, subsiding, tottering,
   tumbledown

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