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plunge: a steep and rapid fall; begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"; cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"; dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"; fall abruptly; "It plunged to the bottom of the well"

bury collapse: place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods"; embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"; cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"; place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"

immerse collapse: thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"; enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

submerge collapse: cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"; put under water; "submerge your head completely"; sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

welter collapse: be immersed in; "welter in work"; toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours"

bayonet collapse: a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon; stab or kill someone with a bayonet

dunk collapse: a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket; dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"; immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"; make a dunk shot, in basketball; "He dunked the ball"

belly flop collapse: a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water

gainer collapse: a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board; a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits); "she was clearly the gainer in that exchange"; a person who gains weight

swan dive collapse: a dive in which the diver arches the back with arms outstretched before entering the water

wallow collapse: an indolent or clumsy rolling about; "a good wallow in the water"; a puddle where animals go to wallow; delight greatly in; "wallow in your success!"; devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure; "Wallow in luxury"; "wallow in your sorrows"; be ecstatic with joy; roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

careen collapse: move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"

lead off collapse: teach immoral behavior to; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits"

flounder collapse: any of various European and non-European marine flatfish; flesh of any of various American and European flatfish; behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

Turkish bath collapse: you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower; a steam room where facilities are available for a bath followed by a shower and massage

header collapse: a headlong jump (or fall); "he took a header into the shrubbery"; (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head; a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon; a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters; brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall; horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window

budge collapse: United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000)

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