Plunge
Plunge verb - To cast oneself head first into deep water.
Usage example: she took a deep breath and plunged from the side of the pool
Surface
Surface verb - To penetrate the surface (as of water) from below.
Usage example: a submarine surfaced on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier
Both words in one sentence
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While in the real world, this equipment would allow you to swim only a small depth under the surface of the water, in the games following this trope it lets you plunge boldly into the deepest oceanic depths.
Source: Super Not-Drowning Skills -
However, the ship re-emerges at the surface after a dramatic sinking, a two mile plunge to the bottom of the Atlantic and 68 years underwater almost completely intact, to the extent that masts, funnels and ropes are still in position.
Source: Film / Raise the Titanic!
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