Definitions

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  • adjective Partially submerged.

Etymologies

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semi- +‎ submerged

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Examples

  • The 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, especially Vietnam and the Philippines, are pushing for multilateral negotiations to resolve sovereignty disputes, particularly disputes over the semisubmerged atolls and reefs known as the Paracels and Spratly Islands.

    Hanoi Tries to Ease Rift With Beijing James Hookway 2011

  • The 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, especially Vietnam and the Philippines, are pushing for multilateral negotiations to resolve sovereignty disputes, particularly disputes over the semisubmerged atolls and reefs known as the Paracels and Spratly Islands.

    Hanoi Tries to Ease Rift With Beijing James Hookway 2011

  • A doctor who was treating the injured said one worker said the force of the rushing water flushed him deep into the mine, where he had to tie himself to the side of the tunnel and remain, semisubmerged, for three days and nights.

    Mine Workers Rescued a Week After Flooding Shai Oster 2010

  • A doctor who was treating the injured said one worker said the force of the rushing water flushed him deep into the mine, where he had to tie himself to the side of the tunnel and remain, semisubmerged, for three days and nights.

    Mine Workers Rescued a Week Later Shai Oster 2010

  • A doctor who was treating the injured said one worker said the force of the rushing water flushed him deep into the mine, where he had to tie himself to the side of the tunnel and remain, semisubmerged, for three days and nights.

    Mine Workers Rescued a Week Later Shai Oster 2010

  • Later in the same story, that rascal Arthur travels on camelback across a crocodile-infested river by means of ... semisubmerged hippopotamuses!

    The Story of Babar and Kin 2008

  • Interestingly, he saw that the Well had a twin on theother side of the ziggurat—complete with an identical semisubmerged path.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

  • Interestingly, he saw that the Well had a twin on theother side of the ziggurat—complete with an identical semisubmerged path.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

  • Interestingly, he saw that the Well had a twin on theother side of the ziggurat—complete with an identical semisubmerged path.

    Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006

  • He began searching his immediate surroundings, looking desperately for a better hiding place beneath a semisubmerged log or clump of weeds.

    Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

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