swamping
Inundating beyond capacity
Swamping is overwhelming or flooding something beyond its capacity to cope.
A boat swamps when water pours over the sides and fills it.
By extension, anything can be swamped—a phone line with calls, a teacher with paperwork, a small town with tourists: We were swamped with orders after the video went viral.
The word emphasizes being inundated to the point of dysfunction.
Severe overflow of water
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- submergePlunge beneath liquid
- engulfCompletely surround and cover
surge · torrent · spate · flash flood · high water · runoff · waterlogging · rising water
Overwhelm with excess
- overloadBurden beyond capacity
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- engulfCompletely surround and cover
overpower · besiege · bombard · avalanche · cascade · surfeit · glut · swarm
Acidic peat wetland
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- fenLow marshy ground
- peatlandWetland with accumulated plant matter
- sloughBoggy ground or cast-off skin
bayou · muskeg · mangrove · saltmarsh · estuary · mudflat · tidal · reedbed
Saturate with liquid
- drenchSoak something completely
- waterlogSoak until sodden
- steepRising at sharp angle
- soddenSaturated with liquid
permeate · seep · imbue · suffuse · douse · souse · sopping · soaked
Burden beyond capacity
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- pressureForce upon contact
- strainExcessive stretching force
obligation · onus · heaviness · millstone · anchor · deadweight · oppression · handicap
deluge
Severe overflow of water
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- submergePlunge beneath liquid
engulf · surge · torrent · spate · flash flood · high water · runoff · waterlogging · rising water · floodwater
inundate
Overwhelm with excess
engulf · overpower · besiege · bombard · avalanche · cascade · surfeit · glut · swarm · barrage
bog
Acidic peat wetland
slough · bayou · muskeg · mangrove · saltmarsh · estuary · mudflat · tidal · reedbed · marshland
soak
Saturate with liquid
sodden · permeate · seep · imbue · suffuse · douse · souse · sopping · soaked · drenched
overload
Burden beyond capacity
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- pressureForce upon contact
strain · obligation · onus · heaviness · millstone · anchor · deadweight · oppression · handicap · saddling
- floodsflood damage, flood warning, deluge, flood warnings, flash floods
- overwhelming verbsflooding, drowning, crushing, smothering, engulfing
- Too Muchoverflowing, spilling, flooding, stuffing, cramming
- drowning outmuffling, masking, silencing, muting, overpowering
- submersionsubmersion, submerging, immersion, total immersion, going under
swampingdrying
Moisture removal process
draining · dehydrating · desiccating · dewatering · parching
swampingrelieving
Reducing discomfort or strain
lightening · easing · unburdening · underwhelming · clearing
swampingbailing out
Emergency departure or rescue
pumping out · draining · bailing · righting · refloating
swamp, quagmire, swamped, swamps, swampy, swampland, swamplike, swamper