Crossword clues for swamped
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swamp \Swamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Swamping.]
To plunge or sink into a swamp.
(Naut.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.
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Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
The Whig majority of the house of Lords was swamped by the creation of twelve Tory peers.
--J. R. Green.Having swamped himself in following the ignis fatuus of a theory.
--Sir W. Hamilton.
Wiktionary
very busy; having too much to do v
(en-past of: swamp)
WordNet
adj. sunk by being filled with water; "a swamped boat"
rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work" [syn: flooded, inundated, overcome, overpowered, overwhelmed, engulfed]
Wikipedia
"Swamped" is a song by the Italian metal band Lacuna Coil. It was released as the second and final single from their third studio album Comalies. The song features a male and female vocal track, guitar-playing and orchestral string backing. The song is featured in the video game Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, and the movie Resident Evil: Apocalypse as part of the soundtrack. "Swamped" is available as a downloadable song for Rock Band. A music video was produced for the song.
Swamped may refer to:
- Swamped (The Batman)
- Swamped (song), a 2004 song by Lacuna Coil
Usage examples of "swamped".
When pirates had been sighted, he would be swamped with reports that had to be analysed to the last detail.
She tried to concentrate on other things and managed fairly well until she went to bed that night, when memories of that year swamped her.
She was swamped by the exciting maleness of his scent, the coffee taste of his mouth.
An instinct of self-protection told her to move away from him, but it was only a small voice, easily swamped by the disturbing rush of warmth generated by the light touch of his hand.
Then they were inside the barn, and she was swamped by the perceptions of dim light, animal warmth and the earthy smells of dust, hay, leather and horses.
The red tide of lust had swamped him, and he'd stopped thinking, plain and simply.
A faint remnant of caution was swamped by the flood of pure physical delight.
She wanted that, wanted it with an intensity that almost swamped her common sense.
Phillip Chen asked his mind swamped by his own calculations of the possible profits.
Jesus, she thought and fought to retain her poise as all the implications swamped her.
Phillip Chen said dully, his mind not so much swamped by the kidnapping as appalled by what he had discovered in his son's safety deposit box this afternoon.
You see, Line, the truth is I just wasn't prepared for the way, to be honest, the way I, I was swamped, I guess that's the word.
She felt herself swamped, wanting to be overpowered, not wanting it, his passion strong, loins hard, the bed soft.
There's the massive slip over in Kowloon, another at Kwun Tong eighty squatters huts've been swamped, we've already forty-four dead in that one so far, twenty children.
Phillip Chen asked-his mind swamped by his own calculations of the possible profits.