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Meaning of demersion | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
diˈmɜː(ɹ)ʒən

Definitions

  1. The act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning.
    uncountable, usually
  2. The state of being overwhelmed in, or as if in, water.
    uncountable, usually

Examples

“[T]his Sinking and Demerſion of Buildings into the Earth is a manifeſt Sign of their Antiquity, vvhich is ſo much the greater, by hovv much the deeper they are ſunk.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

demesmaekerite demesman demesmerization demesne demesothelization demetalation

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