swamp \swamp\, v. t. imp.  p. p. swamped; p. pr.  vb. n.
   swamping.
   1. to plunge or sink into a swamp.
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   2. naut. to cause a boat to become filled with water; to
      capsize or sink by whelming with water.
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   3. fig.: to plunge into difficulties and perils; to
      overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
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            the whig majority of the house of lords was swamped
            by the creation of twelve tory peers. --j. r. green.
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            having swamped himself in following the ignis fatuus
            of a theory.                          --sir w.
                                                  hamilton.
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see also:
swamped swamping