swamping

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English

Definitions

verb

To drench or fill with water.“The boat was swamped in the storm.”
To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.“I have been swamped with paperwork ever since they started using the new system.”
To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

noun

An act of swamping (drenching or filling with water).

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Synonyms

flood deluge inundate drench invasion inundating plunging submersion paludification dipping enswathement puddling absorption engulfment immersement fordage

Rhymes

stomping romping chomping

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