swamp
noun
, ˈswȯmp\
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Synonyms & Antonyms for swamp
Synonyms: Noun
bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, moor, morass, muskeg, slough (also slew), swampland, wash, wetland
Synonyms: Verb
deluge, drown, engulf, flood, gulf, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, submerse
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of swamp in a Sentence
Noun
Alligators live in the lowland swamps. be careful in the swamp, because alligators sometimes lurk thereVerb
The sea level rose and swamped the coastal villages. The boat sank after it was swamped by waves.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The mud found around Sue the T. rex had previously yielded a few bird bones and dinosaur fossils and limited evidence of a swamp-like environment via a crocodile tooth. — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, "A New Shark Species Was Found in the Mud of Sue the T. Rex," 21 Jan. 2019 Your computer’s keyboard Not far off from your cell phone, your computer keyboard is another potential swamp of bacterial and viral invaders, Raut says. — Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, "These Are the Dirtiest Things in Your Home (Which You Should Clean Immediately)," 21 Dec. 2018 In the swamps of the Everglades, under the cover of darkness, the snake began to suffocate the gator by constricting it. — Elizabeth Finny And Sonia Osorio, miamiherald, "Python vs. gator: A trapper steps in to save a life in the Everglades," 18 June 2018 Other parts of the video, stitched together from footage from drones and aircraft, show a group of seven US soldiers and four Nigerien troops who had escaped the ambush and fled into a swamp. — Doug Criss, CNN, "5 things for May 17: White House, Niger ambush video, world population," 17 May 2018 In the wild, Western lowland gorillas like Louis might do it for a few seconds to reach food or wade into swamps. — Bloomberg.com, "Gorilla at Philadelphia Zoo Takes Stand Against Dirty Hands," 16 Mar. 2018 In a political swamp full of alligators, summoning the ghosts of dead presidents is relatively safe ground. — Michael Patrick Cullinane, Smithsonian, "Why Teddy Roosevelt Is Popular On Both Sides of the Political Aisle," 24 Apr. 2018 The trees grow in remote swamps in northwestern Florida and southern Georgia, but are most profuse along the Apalachicola River in Florida’s Gulf County. — Jennifer Kay, The Seattle Times, "Hurricane Michael could sour Florida’s tupelo honey harvest," 22 Oct. 2018 The swamps of southern Louisiana, a territory of the Atakapa-Ishak tribe, are the grounds of pipeline resistance as communities are rising to stop the Bayou Bridge pipeline (BBP). — Mary Lovell, Teen Vogue, "Bayou Bridge Pipeline Meets Resistance from the L’eau Est La Vie Camp," 16 Oct. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
According to the release, the three students were with their team out near the northern point of Grosse Ile and their coach was monitoring in a nearby boat, when their rowboat became swamped by the wake of passing vessels. — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, "3 Grosse Ile high schoolers rescued after fall into Detroit River," 21 Apr. 2018 Sure, the best way to avoid spoilers is by watching each episode in real time, but when you're swamped with a busy schedule of carving pumpkins and baking apple desserts during the fall, that's not always possible. — Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living, "How to Watch 'The Good Doctor' Online," 1 Oct. 2018 The fight — initially centered on helping young ‘‘Dreamer’’ immigrants stay in the country — has been swamped by heart-rending images of children in wire enclosures after being separated from their families at the border. — Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com, "House will delay vote on GOP compromise immigration bill until Friday," 21 June 2018 The flooding began on barrier islands in North Carolina and then spread into coastal and river communities there and in South Carolina, swamping the white sands and golf courses in North Myrtle Beach. — Barnini Chakraborty, Fox News, "Florence weakens to tropical depression, but flooding threat remains severe," 16 Sep. 2018 The official Laos news agency KPL on Tuesday said part of the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy dam collapsed late on Monday, swamping several villages near the site and leaving more than 6,600 people homeless. — James Hookway, WSJ, "Hundreds Missing in Laos After Dam Collapses," 24 July 2018 Last summer, four people died after waves swamped a settlement in northwestern Greenland, according to Reuters. — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, "Massive iceberg looms off Greenland coast, threatening tiny village," 13 July 2018 In fact since Hurricane Harvey swamped the Texas coast and Irma swept across Florida, FEMA has upped its warnings to homeowners about not using flood maps as blueprints for risks. — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, "FEMA flood maps massively underestimate real risks, study finds. Florida’s a hot spot. | Miami Herald," 14 Mar. 2018 Pulsars that emit radio signals will, most likely, swamp any dark matter signal. — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Pulsars could convert dark matter into something we could see," 20 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'swamp.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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