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(Entry 1 of 2)
1
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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to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
- parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations
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nounSynonyms of swamp (Entry 2 of 2)
1
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
- be careful in the swamp, because alligators sometimes lurk there
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2
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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“Swamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swamp. Accessed 23 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of swamp was in 1624
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