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swamp

 
 
/swɒmp/ verb [T]

Definition

TOO MUCH to give someone more of something than they can deal with: [often passive] The company was swamped with calls about its new service. The market has been swamped by cheap imports.
WATER If an area is swamped, it becomes covered with water: Heavy rain has swamped many villages in the region.
(Definition of swamp verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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