Verb (used with object) : His aspirations were submerged by the necessity of making a living.    From Dictionary.com. 

Mr. Rubenstein also told delegates that more capital would be deployed in emerging markets as investors became nervous about investing in "submerging" markets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carlyle shuts operations in Asia, eastern Europe] Reference

The government's counter-terrorism campaign is often driven by party-political and electoral motives that are 'submerging' its own 'sensible' counter-terrorism strategy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Party Comes First] Reference

How can this be with sovereign debt downgrades and "submerging" equity markets?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forbes.com: News] Reference

He felt himself arise to the surface, submerging Martin Pinzon.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Shipmate—Columbus] Reference

Rose and orange pomade are made by the bain-marie method by submerging.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

TV images showed water submerging streets and first floors of buildings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taiwan Rattled After Big Typhoon; 2 Dead] Reference

A heavy sea swept over her from stern to bow, completely submerging her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young Lion of the Woods A Story of Early Colonial Days] Reference

That water almost completely submerging the top ceiling of that building.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2008] Reference

I closed my eyes momentarily, semi-submerging my face in the cool wetness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neophyte and Paradox] Reference

Now the floods rolled between the piles, submerging at least ten feet of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference

If you plunge a book into water you are submerging the book: that is your side.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quiet Talks on Power] Reference

Talking about how a direct hit could wind up submerging the city in several feet of water.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2006] Reference

An area the size of 3,700 football fields is submerging the town of Gulfport this morning.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 18, 2008] Reference

Belegir plunged it into the spring, submerging it completely, and then held it out to her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Warslayer]

Rain is swelling this artery of water, surrounding houses, submerging cars and motorcycles.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 18, 2002] Reference

And the airplane radioed in that the water was rising and the truck was submerging quickly.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2007] Reference

It subsided slowly, its baleful gaze lingering above the surface before finally submerging.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conqueror's Moon]

Isabel isolated the town, submerging in two places the one road that snakes down the Outer Banks.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2003] Reference

Like all of his solo work, it does a better job of selling its ideas than submerging them in songs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Set Adrift On Memory Bliss] Reference

The actor was always an actor, and absorbed his part in himself rather than submerging himself in his part.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Theory of the Theatre] Reference

He lowered himself over its edge and sank happily into the still, cool water, like a hippopotamus submerging.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference

 He squatted, submerging himself completely, then stood; the water in the shallow end came just to his waist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marine Life] Reference

It was a challenge to play this role without submerging yourself into sentimentalism, so it was very interesting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruben Blades: In 'Spoken Word,' A Certain Wisdom] Reference

More than two inches of rain, submerging a golf course and knocking out telephone service to thousands of people.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2004] Reference

Up to eight inches of rain fell on the area over the weekend, sending water into living rooms and submerging cars.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2006] Reference

Darkness poured out, submerging the ways between the trees tin they were dim and strange as the bottom of the sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord of the Flies]

And in England, the worst flooding in 60 years turning ancient cities into islands and submerging cars, roads and farm.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2007] Reference

    Once, after submerging a tea bag into bubbling water, I pressed the sac against the mug's inside wall with a fork.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Phantom] Reference

Germany has largely banished such fears by submerging itself in an increasingly united Europe, complete with its own currency.    From Wordnik.com.  [City On The Edge] Reference

Remember the "emerging countries" fad in the early 1990s that turned into "submerging countries" when financial reality set in?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trend Surfing] Reference

He pushed his chosen apple under the surface, submerging his whole face, and then came up triumphantly with the apple between his teeth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of the Earth]

Looks like a trailer parked there that's mostly under water, probably about two feet of water, submerging some cars up to the wheel wells.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 20, 2008] Reference

Since July 1997, when Thailand's bubble burst, emerging markets have been submerging at the rate of about one every four-and-a-half months.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Black Hole] Reference