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adjective

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as in knee-deep

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as in flooded

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verb

past tense of swamp
1
as in engulfed
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 overwhelmed
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations

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Recent Examples of swamped
Verb
Officials said the boat appears to have taken on a wave, become swamped with water, rolled over and sank, though the investigation remains ongoing. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026 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 The Blue Jays and Kevin Gausman (4-5) were swamped early after a three-game sweep of the Red Sox in Boston. — CBS News, 19 June 2026 Extreme floods that once swamped coastal communities only rarely are becoming far more common as climate change caused by humans pushes sea levels higher, according to new research. — Alexa St. John, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026 Rising property values for logistics and industrial buildings contrast with the delinquent loans and foreclosures that have swamped the Bay Area’s office, hotel, and apartment markets. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 11 June 2026 Catastrophe bonds were dreamed up in the mid-1990s, after Hurricane Andrew tore through Florida and proved that even the big reinsurers could be swamped by a single storm. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Sunday night’s collapse felt like the final straw — a dominant team swamped with injuries but finding a way to summon one of its best periods of the season, only to come up short anyway. — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swamped
  1. knee-deep
  2. flooded
  3. engulfed
  4. overwhelmed
  5. occupied
  6. submerged
  7. devastated
  8. busy
Adjective
  • Speaking of political machinations, the match is already knee-deep in controversy.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
  • Video from Kentucky showed emergency crews wading through knee-deep floodwaters to rescue residents who got stuck in their cars amid the floods Monday.
    — Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 23 June 2026
Definition of knee-deep
Adjective
  • Abbott said Thursday that one of the victims was swept away while driving on a flooded road near Uvalde, per the Associated Press.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
  • One person died while driving on a flooded road, swept away near Uvalde, authorities said.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of flooded
Verb
  • From a military perspective though, this strike, and the infernos which have engulfed other Wildberries facilities, have some important lessons for the rest of the world.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • The blazes that engulfed the island ultimately killed over 100 people and burned thousands of acres, including more than 2,000 buildings in Lāhainā.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 22 July 2026
Definition of engulfed
Verb
  • At least two people have died as catastrophic flooding has stricken Texas Hill Country, a little over a year after rains overwhelmed the same region's Guadalupe River, causing flooding that killed over 130 people.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • There was some light criticism, although it was overwhelmed by the praise.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Definition of overwhelmed
Adjective
  • From a remote hilltop just north of Nablus, the view stretches across the occupied West Bank.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Funerals were scarcely allowed in occupied Bershad, and public prayers for the dead were virtually impossible, said Shternshis.
    — Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
Definition of occupied
Adjective
  • Damon notes one instance when, while filming the Trojan Horse scene, costar Jon Bernthal (who plays Menelaus) was half-submerged in freezing water.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • The module increases the submarine’s length from roughly 377 feet to 461 feet and raises its submerged displacement to around 10,200 tons.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026
Definition of submerged
Verb
  • The clinics are stocked with medical supplies and generators to help restore healthcare in communities devastated by the earthquakes.
    — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
  • The fire in rural Guadalajara comes less than two weeks after a deadly blaze devastated a small expat community in southern Spain.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Definition of devastated
Adjective
  • The pair is busy with the remodeling of the building that’s going to be the home for their new restaurant and are excited to share a part of African cuisine with the Keller community.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
  • The company expects that the hospital would see 20 to 30 patrons on a typical day and 30 to 50 patrons on a busier one, the letter said.
    — Rose Evans July 24, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2026
Definition of busy

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