swamped

American  

[swompt] / swɒmpt /

adjective

1. filled or covered with water; flooded; inundated.

   The most important thing we learned is how to paddle a swamped canoe back in to shore.

   He saw lines of people walking along the swamped road, completely drenched.

2. overwhelmed, especially with an excess of something.

   The website outage was most likely caused by swamped servers.

   Whether it's helping a swamped colleague with a project or buying a stranger a cup of coffee, any small act of kindness can boost happiness.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of swamp.

Etymology

Origin of swamped

swamp ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

If it is the fate of all men to be eclipsed by time, it is the special fate of the reformers of the day to be swamped by the incoming tide of tomorrow.

From The Wall Street Journal

Purists would celebrate those productivity gains, but their economic benefit would be quickly swamped by the negative implications of having entire companies go out of business in droves and surging unemployment.

From Barron's

Not far from the camp, in the town of Mograne which was swamped by the neighbouring Sebou River, villagers still waded through deep mud.

From Barron's

But floods have now swamped more than 100,000 hectares of land, wiping out key crops and forcing farmers in the country's northwest to flee with their livestock.

From Barron's

A more modern Mongolian issue: When the collection went online last month, the company was swamped with orders and struggled to meet demand.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• ashore
• marooned
• stranded
• wrecked