to swamp
- verb
- /swɑmp/
- Between work and school, you are gonna be swamped.
- become swamped
- the office is swamped
- danger of being swamped
We would be swamped by the problems that we we run into.
- We would be swamped by the problems that we we run into.
- As soon as you broadcast any signal in the same band as GNSS, you swamp it.
- They gathered up just about any officer they could from any other role, put them into plainclothes and swamped Brixon.
- But anyway, Donald Trump does talk about Israel's Iron Dome potentially being swamped if their enemies shoot enough at Israel's Iron Dome.
- Meanwhile, the current administration is swamped in a last minute mad scramble for pardons, according to one insider.
- They distrust each other, but they're they're both older, so they're willing to fight against the the other younger cultures who threaten to sort of swamp them.
- So we ordered a ton of stuff, factory made stuff, a lot of it coming over from China and that swamped our capacity to move goods around.
- And so you carry on doing your best, but you will always be, you will always be swamped by the bullshit.
- But pretty quickly that relief will get swamped by the other sad.
Examples
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I've been swamped at work.
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Whatever the vigor of the initial bang, its effect is utterly swamped by the rising tide of inflation.
Academic text (1992) -
I know we're swamped, but this is important.
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- Your office is swamped with calls.
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We're swamped here, come on.
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The FBI task force had been swamped right from the day it was formed.
Fiction book (1996) -
If we were to publish at this stage, we would surely be swamped with criticism.
Academic text (1993) -
Most high-level policymakers are swamped with information and have little time to read.
Academic text (1994) -
I'm really sorry, Phonce, but I've been swamped, you know?
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The heavy rainfall swamped the fields, making it impossible to plant crops this season.
Synonyms
To cover a place with water when it overflows
To cover a place with water or give someone too much to deal with
To cover an area with water
To cover something completely with water or soil
To fill something with water so it cannot take any more
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
An infection people get from animals that causes fever and yellow skin
A large tree with a thick trunk that grows near rivers and lakes in central Mexico
Wood from large trees that grow near rivers in Mexico used for furniture and boats
- Australian
A medium-sized eucalyptus tree that grows in swampy mountain areas in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia
A large swamp in southeast Georgia and northeast Florida that is home to many wild animals
- US
A tree from the southern United States with light wood used for furniture and guitars
- US
A bush that loses its leaves and grows in eastern United States swamps with small pink or white flowers
- US
A birch tree from the western United States with brownish bark that grows in wetlands
A low spiny bush that grows in wet ground and has small black berries you can eat
A tall bush that grows in wet ground and makes dark blue berries you can eat in eastern North America
- Specialized
A medium to large tree with big leaves that grows in wet areas of the southeastern United States
- Specialized
A tree that has cones and a swollen base that grows in southern US swamps
- US
A large vehicle with big wheels and a raised body that goes across wet, muddy land
- Specialized
Wood from trees with swollen bases that grow in southern US swamps and that people use to make furniture
- Specialized
A bristly trailing plant with small black berries like a blackberry that grows in wet places
A tree from the eastern United States with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin, very bitter nuts
- Australian
A medium-sized tree from southern Australia that grows in damp or swampy places
- US
A tree that grows in wet places like rivers and marshes with large rounded leaves and brown bark
- US
A large rabbit that lives in marshes and swims well in the southeastern United States
- US
A tree growing where the ground is often wet with five-lobed leaves that turn red or yellow in autumn
- Australian
A small leafless Australian shrub with small yellow flowers that grows in wet places
- US
A large North American tree that grows in wet soil and is used for its wood or colorful leaves
A yellow wildflower with narrow leaves that grows in wet places like bogs and marshes
A large tree that grows in wet soil and has strong wood and leaves with shallow lobes
How Overwhelmed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Swamp as a verb comes from the noun for wet land and means to flood or overwhelm completely. So when something is 'swamped' it is covered or buried by water or by too many things, just as a place can be filled with water.