SWAMPING Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

swamping

verb

present participle of swamp

as in flooding

to cover with a flood the boat was swamped by the huge wave has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation

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as in overwhelming

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations

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Recent Examples of swamping Torrential rain from a Monday afternoon thunderstorm flooded Hermitage Road in West Little Rock, affecting businesses and swamping at least one car. — Casey Mann, Arkansas Online, 8 July 2026 Most targets were critics of China, and the tactics included creating fake social-media accounts and swamping platforms with pro-Beijing posts, spreading false information about dissidents, and forging documents. — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026 But once again, a big pop would generate a fee-swamping flood of soft dollars. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 June 2026 The flood pushed tons of mud into Westernport’s Main Street, swamping businesses and destabilizing the town’s public library. — Bryan P. Sears, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2026 Even in our experiment, some groups rallied around below-average teammates, the snowballing tendency of prestige swamping signs of their poor ability. — Thomas Morgan, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2026 Bigger waves can reach further inland, swamping more homes and businesses. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026 Genetic swamping refers to the idea that too much inter-breeding jeopardizes the genetic integrity of a subspecies. — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 28 Nov. 2025 Pricey prescriptions and nagging medical costs are swamping some insurers and employers now. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025

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The main threat from the storm is flooding rain, with up to 9 inches possible in some areas.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Hurricane Milton, the second of which, tore all the Teflon panels off the Trop’s roof flooding the inside of the facility.

— Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of flooding

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After all, there’s a reason why IVF has overwhelming bipartisan support.

— Dr. Jaime Knopman, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
To channel this sense of joyful minimalism, pair a bold color with playful accents, rich textures, and meaningful décor that brings personality to the space without overwhelming it.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of overwhelming

Verb

Those officials moved into these elevated positions in the months following the Herald/Times’ reporting on the scandal engulfing the embattled charity.

— Liv Caputo, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
As a parent who has purchased my share of scary Halloween costumes, I was particularly disturbed by the controversy now engulfing Target.

— Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of engulfing

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Over 150 people have been killed and hundreds more are missing after devastating flash floods swept through the Himalayan region along the Nepal-Tibet border, officials from both countries confirmed Wednesday.

— Callum Sutherland, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
And that roads budget included the funding to take care of the existing roads, which would have been devastating ecologically and socially, because if these roads keep falling off the hillsides, then people can’t use them.

— Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of devastating

Verb

The discovery opens up new possibilities for heat management in next-generation quantum devices, overcoming bottlenecks faced earlier.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
Wachter said some young buyers are overcoming high housing costs by looking at older homes and fixer-uppers, putting their own time and labor into improvements or even renting out part of the property to help cover costs.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of overcoming

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Consider each target wounded by crushing knockdowns and then killed by piggy-backers, irrespective of the quality of the quarter.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
The writer compared the collapse of civil society to a boulder rolling downhill, crushing things in its path.

— KANIS LEUNG, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2026

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