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v. Present participle of submerge.

n. sinking until covered completely with water

"The study included volunteers who were faced with a number of self-control challenges, such as submerging their hands in an ice bucket, consuming a healthy but foul-tasting vinegar drink, deciding whether to view disturbing information about Haiti earthquake victims and donate money, or making food choices."

submerged    submerges    submerging   

plunge    immerse    cover    spread over    flood   

sink    submerged bog    submerged pump   

submergence    submersion   

inundate    flood    drown    sink    submerse    immerse   

converge    dirge    diverge    emerge    merge    purge    reemerge    scourge    serge    splurge   

quake-spawned    quantumcascade    ever-shrinking    thirty-yard    steel-frame    ten-degree    hermeneutical    mill-power    catchment    writerly