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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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