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as in to flood
to cover with a flood
the boat was swamped by the huge wave has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation
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as in to overwhelm
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations
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as in marsh
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
be careful in the swamp, because alligators sometimes lurk there
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as in pickle
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
with her credit cards maxed out, and the making of minimum payments a challenge, debt seemed to be an ever-deepening swamp
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Recent Examples of swamp
Austyn Gaffney, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
Multiple National Weather Service (NWS) forecast offices had issued beach hazards and coastal hazard statements as of early Thursday, warning of life‑threatening waves, strong rip currents, and the potential for piers to be heavily swamped.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
On the coast, there is a swampy coastal plain with mangrove swamps.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Verb
At least four people died when rain swamped the suburbs of Chattanooga, Tennessee, this month.
—Austyn Gaffney, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
Multiple National Weather Service (NWS) forecast offices had issued beach hazards and coastal hazard statements as of early Thursday, warning of life‑threatening waves, strong rip currents, and the potential for piers to be heavily swamped.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
The time a manager locked the front door at a sprint lest a tour bus swamp us a minute before closing.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
On the coast, there is a swampy coastal plain with mangrove swamps.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swamp
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The Hortmans’ assassination received a flurry of coverage over the strange circumstances under which it was carried out, with pictures of Boelter in his silicone mask initially flooding social media.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The United States is flooded with nearly half a billion guns, and the stockpile does not vanish just because the murder rate dips.—
John J. Donohue,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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And in moments when a winner did say what was on their mind, the Boys & Girls Club bit overwhelmed them.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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This type of pressure would overwhelm most professionals, yet Nate Bargatze accepted the offer to host the 2025 Emmys.—
Stacey Stratton,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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It was identified as Erythrolamprus taeniogaster, or the coppery marsh-snake.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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They are found in a wide variety of habitats but prefer oak-cabbage palm hammocks, freshwater marshes and sloughs, pine flatwoods, and more open agricultural areas.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Those lessons will have to come quickly, considering the season pickle the Chiefs have put themselves in.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Top with chicken mixture and pickle slices.—
Mary Claire Britton,
Southern Living,
14 Sep. 2025
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But as her due date grew closer, fighting in her neighborhood escalated, engulfing the entire village.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The docuseries initially picked up steam after debuting at SXSW in 2024 and was engulfed by Starz.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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How Wi-Fi HaLow Can Help Address These Needs To overcome connectivity gaps in large-scale environmental monitoring, some researchers and technologists are turning to Wi-Fi HaLow.—
Michael De Nil,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The movie adaptation is also rife with metaphors about boys becoming men and overcoming life-or-death circumstances to make it out the other side.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The creatures prefer large, dense areas in the woods and wetlands.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Sep. 2025
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Eynon’s design was inspired by Britain’s wetlands, and features flora and fauna with sensual curves.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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With the bullish determination of Ed and the wide-eyed second sight of Lorraine, the Warrens’ only child sells a clear vision of right and wrong when news of the Smurls’ predicament comes their way.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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To that end, Johnson and the CTU’s Springfield strategy has been at the forefront of all their public messaging on how the school district gets out of this fiscal predicament.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Swamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swamp. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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