SILTED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

silted

verb

past tense of silt

as in flooded

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Graphic videos of the shooting flooded social media and politicians on both sides of the aisle condemned the killing – one example of the political violence roiling America in recent years.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
The pipes had clogged and the room was flooded with sewage coming up a drain.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

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Following the Japanese art form Kintsugi, the packaging is made up of gold- and silver-filled pottery fragments to resemble a broken heart pieced back together.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
These cracks were filled by the lime clasts that reacted with salt or rainwater to recrystallize.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

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The rains breached reservoirs, including the dramatic collapse of part of a dam in Hengzhou that inundated a wide area with fast-flowing muddy water.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
In southern Guangxi, tropical storm floods have inundated cities, forced about 130,000 evacuations and left families stranded without power or drinking water.

— Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

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The walls are glutted with oil portraits, and antiques sourced from l’Isle-sur-Sorgue are the real thing; staff are dressed in somewhat cumbersome costume (medieval-style bodices and straw boaters) but ever attentive.

— Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
It’s glutted with supporting characters, and the plot still eddies through a series of clearly episodic incidents.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026

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Word is Taylor Swift and her longtime stylist, Joseph Cassell, were swamped with sketches from designers from all over the world for this weekend’s wedding of music’s most famous pop star to football’s now most famous tight end.

— Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026
The researchers suspect that, during high solar activity, the signal from the planet’s magnetic influence is swamped.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2026

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