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Submersible   /səbmˈərsɪbəl/   Listen
Submersible

adjective
1.
Capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged.  Synonym: submergible.  "A submergible electric frying pan"
noun
1.
An apparatus intended for use under water.
2.
A warship designed to operate under water.  Synonym: submersible warship.



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"Submersible" Quotes from Famous Books



... the destroyer, and some people think will supplant it; though its relatively slow speed prevents those dashes that are the destroyer's role. The submarine is, however, a kind of destroyer that is submersible, in which the necessities of submersibility preclude great speed. The submarine was designed to accomplish a clear and definite purpose—a secret under-water attack on an enemy's ship in the vicinity. It has succeeded so well in ...
— The Navy as a Fighting Machine • Bradley A. Fiske


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