submersions
Acts of submerging
Submersions is the plural of submersion—instances of being plunged underwater or covered completely by liquid.
The word extends to figurative overwhelming: Her submersions in work left no time for family.
In mathematics, a submersion is a specific type of smooth map between manifolds.
Entering water deliberately
- scubaPortable underwater breathing gear
- plungeSudden steep descent
- dipBrief immersion or condiment
- soakSaturate with liquid
sink · dunking · baptism · snorkeling · freediving · saturation · deepwater · aquatic
Overwhelming surge of water
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- swampingOverwhelming with excess
highwater · floodwaters · engulfment · tsunami · monsoon · flashflood · drowning · waterlogging
diving
Entering water deliberately
soak · sink · dunking · baptism · snorkeling · freediving · saturation · deepwater · aquatic · wetting
inundation
Overwhelming surge of water
swamping · highwater · floodwaters · engulfment · tsunami · monsoon · flashflood · drowning · waterlogging · rising waters
overwhelm
Defeat by excess
drowning · engulfed · buried · overcome · besieged · flooded · suffocated · bombarded · overrun · deluged
submersionssurfacings
Acts of coming up
flotations · buoyancies · risings · ascents · elevations
submersionsemergences
Acts of coming out
surfacings · exposures · resurfacings · revelations · uncoverings