📚 Submerge, verb.
🔉 /səbˈməːdʒ/ 🇬🇧
❓ Definition (with object): Completely cover or obscure.
❗️ Examples:
1. The tensions submerged earlier in the campaign now came to the fore.
2. In the multipolar world that has ensued from the end of the Cold War, submerged tensions between the US and Europe have come out into the open.
3. A dear friend's wedding can stir up all kinds of submerged emotions and, crucially, a sense that life is, indeed, moving forward, whether you're ready for it or not.
4. After not getting the pleasure he requires from his only love he turns to Banquo who up till now has kept his feelings submerged.
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