submersible

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  1. adjective Submergible.
  2. noun A vessel capable of operating or remaining under water.

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  • Or unless another submersible was coming out-lead from Central. —  Dan Simmons - Hockenberry 1 - Ilium
  • Pumps inside the submersible were still forcing out fuel oil. —  057 - The Sea Angel
  • The horizontal, submersible, and vertical slurry pumps are designed for medium to ultra severe duty applications such as coke fines, process plant and tailings, nuclear sludge as well as specialty applications like API 610. —  Engineering News | Home
  • It's completely submersible, and you just might be tempted to use it for a game of pool dodgeball, but I would have to caution against it. —  Gizmodo
  • After about four painstaking hours of maneuvering the submersible, the researches used its robotic arm to plug the camera into the observatory. —  The Journal-Standard Homepage RSS
 

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/səbˈmərsɪbl/
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