swamped
Example Sentences
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U.S. leaders say tranq swamped the Northeast in recent years but then blanketed the nation.
From Washington Times
About $1.4 billion of those losses were insured, but years of soft market conditions and underpriced risk left insurers swamped and reinsurers on the hook.
From Reuters
Tereza and Roman’s transatlantic trip deposits them in an apocalyptic Florida that has been swamped by tsunamis and largely abandoned.
From Washington Post
They swamped the opposition, which raised and spent less than $19 million.
From Los Angeles Times
The floods in Germany, Belgium and other parts killed at least 220 people as towns and villages were swamped.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
