Synonyms for submergence
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : suhb-murj |
| Phonetic Transcription : səbˈmɜrdʒ |
Top 10 synonyms for submergence Other synonyms for the word submergence
- advance
- belly flop
- cataclysm
- cataract
- congestion
- dash
- discharge
- duck
- ducking
- dunk
- encroachment
- enforcement
- engorgement
- excess
- exuberance
- flooding
- header headlong jump
- high dive
- immersion
- infringement
- investment
- lunge
- Niagara
- nose-dive
- nosedive
- overcrowding
- overkill
- overmuch
- overproduction
- pitch
- plethora
- pour
- propulsion
- push
- redundancy
- spate
- spill
- spillover
- spree
- spring
- submergence
- submersion
- superfluity
- surfeit
- surplus
- swoop
- torrent
- tumble
- venture
Définition of submergence
Origin :- c.1600, from Latin submergere "to plunge under, sink, overwhelm," from sub "under" (see sub-) + mergere "to plunge, immerse" (see merge). Intransitive use is from 1650s, made common 20c. in connection with submarines. Related: Submerged; submerging.
- As in overflow : noun flood, inundation
- As in plunge : noun quick drop; enthusiastic attempt
- As in header : noun plunge
- As in nosedive : noun plunge
- As in dive : noun descent, usually underwater
- Our submergence in a sea of conventionality of almost impenetrable density.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
- Even if you do your comedy next your submergence will be precisely the same.
- Extract from : « Black Oxen » by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
- The rate of submergence has been estimated at about two feet per century.
- Extract from : « The Elements of Geology » by William Harmon Norton
- The depression was such that the submergence came very quickly.
- Extract from : « A. D. 2000 » by Alvarado M. Fuller
- They reached the surface after about two hours of submergence.
- Extract from : « Aircraft and Submarines » by Willis J. Abbot.
- Clearly the island of Jersey underwent in those days some sort of submergence.
- Extract from : « Anthropology » by Robert Marett
- The depth of the submergence in this case was only a few feet, but great depths may be reached with relative safety.
- Extract from : « Every-day Science: Volume VII. The Conquest of Time and Space » by Henry Smith Williams
- Neither tree nor bush grew upon it; their absence indicating that it was subject to annual submergence in the season of rain.
- Extract from : « The Vee-Boers » by Mayne Reid
- As before, the insulation was greatly improved by submergence in the ocean.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph » by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
- These beds are charged with the relics of a boreal and arctic fauna, and indicate a submergence of rather more than 100 feet.
- Extract from : « Fragments of Earth Lore » by James Geikie
Antonyms for submergence
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