The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SUBMERGE
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More clues leading to the result SUBMERGE
- Duck press employee initially glimpsed in lake?
- English doctor, caught up in sudden flow, is to sink
- Drown in beer mugs, possibly
- Coach comes up with ‘Join together or go under’
- Reserve team up to take a dive?
- Go down under and integrate
- Beer mugs lying pell-mell in sink
- Cover me, supporting battalion's leader in rush
- Broken beer mugs in sink
- Cracked beer mugs in sink
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What does SUBMERGE mean?
SUBMERGE verb- To sink out of sight.
- To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
- To be engulfed in or overwhelmed by something.