swamp

/swˈɒmp/

/ˈswɑmp/, /ˈswɔmp/

Swamp

an area of land that is covered with water or is always very wet

synonyms : swampland

a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables

to swamp

MAIN VERB

to flood or inundate with water, typically to the point of making an area saturated or soaked or difficult to traverse

synonyms : deluge

drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

synonyms : drench

to overwhelm or inundate with a large amount of something, such as work, tasks, or requests, to the point of being unable to cope effectively

Examples

1. Has Trump drained the swamp in Washington?

2. Ronald Reagan called for draining the swamp of bureaucrats in Washington D.C. while in 2006.

3. Our work in Iraq is valuable and important, but we cannot put our faith in draining the swamp of terrorism by military means alone.

4. The light from big cities would totally swamp its sensors.