submersion

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Triggered by earthquakes, underwater landslides or volcanic eruptions, they spread rapidly over long distances before releasing their energy near the coast in the form of sudden submersion and extremely powerful currents.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

"The submersion caused by the rapid rise in sea level, followed by the abandonment of fishing structures, protective works, and habitation sites, must have left a lasting impression."

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

What I miss most is closing my eyes at night, then opening them and it’s morning, that total submersion, yesterday’s problems wiped away like algebraic equations on a junior-high blackboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

The prevention of drowning—which is defined as submersion in liquid that impairs breathing and, contrary to common knowledge, isn’t always fatal—is, in some ways, straightforward.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2024

Harry put off the moment of total submersion from second to second, gasping and shaking, until he told himself that it must be done, gathered all his courage, and dived.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling