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swamp 1 of 2

verb

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1
as in to flood
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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as in to overwhelm
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations

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swamp

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noun

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as in marsh
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water be careful in the swamp, because alligators sometimes lurk there

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as in pickle
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 8 Dec. 2022.

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