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swamped

verb , past tense of swamp

Synonyms and Antonyms of swamped

1 to cover with a flood

the boat was swamped by the huge wave

has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation

Synonyms of swamped

deluged, drowned, engulfed, flooded, gulfed, inundated, overflowed, overwhelmed, submerged, submersed

Words Related to swamped

avalanched, smothered

overcame, overran

flowed, flushed, gushed, poured, sluiced, spouted, spurted, streamed

doused (also dowsed), drenched, soaked, wet (or wetted)

Near Antonyms of swamped

dehydrated, dried, parched

Antonyms of swamped

2 to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress

parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations

Synonyms of swamped

crushed, devastated, floored, ground (down), oppressed, overcame, overmastered, overpowered, overwhelmed, prostrated, snowed under, whelmed

Words Related to swamped

deluged, drowned, sank (or sunk)

confuted, defeated, refuted

broke, demoralized, distressed, disturbed, rocked, shattered, staggered, threw, unmanned, unnerved, upset

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