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Submergence

Submergence \Sub*mer"gence\, n. [From L. submergens, p. pr.] The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion.

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submergence

n. the act of submerging or the state of being submerged; submersion

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submergence

n. sinking until covered completely with water [syn: submerging, submersion, immersion]

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Submergence

Submergence is an upcoming American-French-Spanish romantic thriller film directed by Wim Wenders, based on the novel of same name. The film stars Alicia Vikander and James McAvoy.

Usage examples of "submergence".

The reliving and working-through can indeed dissolve various pathologies created by the repression or submergence of the past structures.

After studying the matter I concluded that a batholite was rising under this region, and that there was a chance that we might escape submergence through its influence.

So absolute was the submergence of that ardent adventurer who, overnight, had lain awake for hours, a dictograph receiver glued to his ear, eavesdropping upon the traffic of those malevolent intelligences assembled in Prince Victor's study, and alternately chuckling and cursing beneath his breath, aflame with indignation and chilled by inklings of atrocities unspeakable abrew!

She had accepted this submergence as philosophically as all her other trials, and now, in extreme old age, was rewarded by presenting to her mirror an almost unwrinkled expanse of firm pink and white flesh, in the centre of which the traces of a small face survived as if awaiting excavation.