Swamped

verb

Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.verbTo drench or fill with water.

"The boat was swamped in the storm."

2.verbTo overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.

"I have been swamped with paperwork ever since they started using the new system."

3.verbTo plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

4.adjectiveVery busy; having too much to do

"They have been swamped ever since they started advertising."

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