I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But witnesses in a nearby aircraft said the plane flew directly into the swamp .
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On the walls are framed prints of herons and egrets in cypress swamps and watery glades.
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Tax revenues allocated for education disappeared into a swamp of corruption.
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The ceaseless deluge had turned the small front yard of the cottage into a swamp .
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The following day we flew into the swamps in a six-seater plane.
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The middle of United's notorious pitch was a swamp long before kick-off, posing the threat of stamina-sapping conditions.
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With its loss of flow, the river's old mouth had silted up, thus forming the lagoon and swamp .
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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About 3000 years ago a tidal wave swamped the coastal lowlands of Greece, causing massive destruction.
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The dam burst, swamping the valley and hundreds of homes.
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The river jumped its banks and swamped hundreds of homes.
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Water the young plants well, but don't swamp them.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A kid would challenge me and fear would rise inside my stomach like fog on the Bay and swamp me.
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It crushes our potentialities and invades our lives with its imported products and televised movies that swamp the airwaves.
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Now the fixes will get fewer; and sheer traffic growth will soon swamp any gains.
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Still, the aspect of that news which affected himself was uppermost in his mind, threatening to swamp such minor worries.
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Tension choked them: they could feel it rising up their throats, threatening to swamp their brains.
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There are extra shopping centres and the Lady Godiva statue now has a marquee-like canopy swamping it.
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They swamped me with their cameras, tape recorders and notebooks.